Solution-based methods for RNA expression profiling

ABSTRACT

The present invention is directed to novel high-throughput, low-cost, and flexible solution-based methods for RNA expression profiling, including expression of microRNAs and mRNAs.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a Continuation application of U.S. Utilityapplication Ser. No. 11/449,155, filed Jun. 8, 2006, which claims thebenefit under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) of U.S. Provisional Patent ApplicationSer. No. 60/689,110 filed Jun. 8, 2005, the contents of which are hereinincorporated by reference in their entirety.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is directed to methods of screening formalignancies, cellular disorders, and other physiological states as wellas novel high-throughput, low-cost, and flexible solution-based methodsfor RNA expression profiling, including expression of microRNAs andmRNAs.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The availability of high-performance RNA profiling technologies iscentral to the elucidation of the mechanisms of action of disease genesand the identification of small molecule therapeutics by molecularsignature screening (Lamb et al., Cell 114:323-34 (2003); Stegmaier etal., Nature Genetics 36:257-63 (2004)). For example, detection andquantification of differentially expressed genes in a number ofconditions including malignancy, cellular disorders, etc. would beuseful in the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of these pathologicalconditions. Quantification of gene expression would also be useful inindicating susceptibility to a range of conditions and following upeffects of pharmaceuticals or toxins on molecular level. These methodscan also be used to screen for molecules that provide a desired geneprofile.

The power of being able to simultaneously measure the expression levelof multiple mRNA species has been of recent interest. For example, theexpression of seventy and eighty-one transcripts have together beenshown to outperform established clinical and histologic parameters indisease outcome prediction for breast cancer (van de Vijver et al., NewEng. J. Med. 347:1999-2009 (2002)) and follicular lymphoma (Glas et al.,Blood 105:301-7 (2005)), respectively.

MicroRNAs are thought to act as post-transcriptional modulators of geneexpression, and have been implicated as regulators of developmentaltiming, neuronal differentiation, cell proliferation, programmed celldeath, and fat metabolism. Determining expression profiles of microRNAsis particularly challenging however because of their short size,typically around 21 base pairs, and high degree of sequence homology,where different microRNAs may differ by only a single base pair. Itwould also be highly desirable to simultaneously measure the expressionlevel of microRNAs, a recently identified class of small non-coding RNAspecies.

The rapid pace of discovery of new genes generated by large-scalegenomic and proteomic initiatives has required the development ofhigh-throughput strategies to quantify the expression of a large numberof genes and their alternatively spliced isoforms, as well as elucidatetheir biological functions, regulations and interactions. (Consortium,E. P. (2004) Science 306, 636-40; Lander et al., Nature 409, 860-921(2001)) A number of high-throughput techniques have been developed todetect and quantify nucleic acids. Microarray-based analysis has beenone widely used high-throughput technique used to study nucleic acids.Another approach for high-throughput analysis of nucleic acids involvesthe sequencing of a short tag of each transcript, including expressedsequence tag (EST) sequencing (Lander et al., 2001) and serial analysisof gene expression (SAGE) (Velculescu et al., Science 270, 484-7(1995)).

However, both microarray and tag-sequencing techniques are associatedwith a number of significant problems. These techniques typically arenot sufficiently sensitive and demand relatively high input levels ofmRNA that are often unavailable, particularly when studying humandiseases. In addition, the array quality is often a problem for cDNA oroligonucleotide microarrays. For example, most researchers cannotconfirm the identity of what is immobilized on the surface of amicroarray and generally have limited capacity to check and controlpossible errors in the microarray fabrication. Additionally, the highcosts of microarrays have caused many investigators to performrelatively few control experiments to assess the reliability, validity,and repeatability of their findings. Moreover, given the high costs ofmicroarray fabrication, custom designing arrays to tailor analysis to anindividual expression profile is simply impractical in many instances.For the tag-sequencing analysis, a large amount of sequencing effort,generally slow and costly, is needed for tag-based analysis and thesensitivity of tag-based analyses is relatively low and high sensitivitycan only be achieved by sequencing a large number of tag sequences.

Thus it would be desirable to develop simple, flexible, low-cost,high-throughput methods for the sensitive and accurate quantification ofnucleic acids, which can be easily automated and scaled up toaccommodate testing of large numbers of samples and overcome theproblems associated with available techniques. Such a method wouldpermit diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic purposes, and wouldfacilitate genomic, pharmacogenomic and proteomic applications,including the discovery of small molecule therapeutics.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

We have now discovered simple, flexible, low-cost and high-throughputsolution-based methods for expression profiling nucleic acids. Morespecifically, the invention provides methods for detection of multiplegenes in a single reaction, including for the detection of mRNAs andmicroRNAs.

The present invention provides a solution-based method for determiningthe expression level of a population of target nucleic acids, by a)providing in solution a population of target-specific bead sets, whereeach target-specific bead set is individually detectable and comprises acapture probe which corresponds to an individual target nucleic acid,referred to as an individual bead set; b) hybridizing in solution thepopulation of target-specific bead sets with a population of moleculesthat can contain a population of detectable target molecules, where eachtarget nucleic acid has been transformed into a corresponding detectabletarget molecule which will specifically bind to its correspondingindividual target-specific bead set; and c) screening in solution fordetectable target molecules hybridized to target-specific beads todetermine the expression level of the population of target nucleicacids.

In one embodiment, the target-specific bead sets can have at least 5individual bead sets that can bind with a corresponding set of targetnucleic acids. The population of target-specific beads can contain atleast 100 individual bead sets that bind with a corresponding set oftarget nucleic acids.

One preferred embodiment provides a method for detection of populationsof mRNAs. In this method, mRNA is transformed into a correspondingdetectable target molecule by a) reverse transcribing the mRNA togenerate a cDNA; b) hybridizing an upstream probe and a downstream probeto the cDNA, where the upstream probe has a universal upstream sequenceand an upstream target-specific sequence, and the downstream probe has auniversal downstream sequence and a downstream target-specific sequence,such that when the upstream probe and the downstream probe are bothhybridized to the cDNA the two probes are capable of being ligated; c)ligating the two probes to generate ligation complexes; and d)amplifying the ligation complexes with a universal upstream primer and auniversal downstream primer, which are complementary to the universalupstream sequence and the universal downstream sequence, respectively.In this method, at least one of universal primers is detectably labeled,such that product of the amplification is detectably labeled, therebygenerating a detectable target molecule which corresponds to the targetnucleic acid. In this method, either the upstream probe or thedownstream probe also has an amplicon tag between the universal sequenceand the target-specific. The amplicon tag has a nucleic acid sequencethat is unique for the mRNA to be detected, and that is complementary tothe sequence of the capture probe of the corresponding bead set,allowing the detectable nucleic acid molecule to hybridize to the beadset with the complementary capture probe.

One embodiment of the invention provides the use of these multiplex mRNAdetection methods to screen for the presence of a particularphysiological state in a test sample, such as a malignancy, infection ora cellular disorder. In one embodiment, the genes which are specificallyassociated with one physiological state but not another physiologicalstate are already determined; such a group of genes is typicallyreferred to as an expression signature. To screen for a physiologicalstate using the mRNA detection methods, one first determines theexpression signature of a group of genes in the test sample; and thencompares the expression signature between the test sample and acorresponding control sample, where a difference in the expressionsignature between the test sample and the control sample is indicativeof the test sample comprising said malignant cells, infected cells orcellular disorder. In one embodiment, the expression signature has atleast 5 genes.

One embodiment of the invention provides a method for identifying anexpression signature for a physiological state, using the multiplex mRNAdetection methods to rapidly screen for genes which are differentiallyexpressed between two physiological states. In one embodiment, theexpression signature has at least 5 genes. Examples of physiologicalstates include the presence of a cancer, infection, or a cellulardisorder. To identify novel expression signatures, one isolates cellsfrom two groups of individuals, one with and one without thephysiological state of interest, and then identifies those genes whichare differentially expressed in the two groups of individuals. For thosegenes which differ at a statistically significant level, linearregression analysis can be applied to identify an expression signatureof a gene group that is indicative of an individual having thephysiological state of interest.

One preferred embodiment provides a method to detection of populationsof microRNAs. In this method, microRNAs are transformed intocorresponding detectable target molecules by first ligating at least oneadaptor to each microRNA, generating an adaptor-microRNA molecule; andthen detectably labeling the adaptor-microRNA molecule, therebygenerating a detectable target molecule which corresponds to the targetnucleic acid. In one embodiment, the adaptor-microRNA is detectablylabeled by reverse transcription using the adaptor-microRNA as atemplate for polymerase chain reaction, wherein a pair of primers isused in said polymerase chain reaction, and wherein at least one of saidprimers is detectably labeled. In this method, the capture probe of thebead set which corresponds to an individual microRNA has a sequencewhich is complementary to the miRNA sequence, allowing the detectabletarget molecule to bind to the corresponding bead set.

The invention also provides the use of the multiplex microRNA detectionmethods to screen for the presence of a malignancy in a test sample. Inone embodiment, one analyzes the level of expression of microRNAs in atest sample and a corresponding control sample, where a lower level ofexpression of microRNAs in the test sample relative to the controlsample is indicative of the test sample containing malignant cells.

One embodiment of the invention provides a method of screening anindividual at risk for cancer by obtaining at least two cell samplesfrom the individual at different times; and determining the level ofexpression of microRNAs in the cell samples, where a lower level ofexpression of microRNAs in the later obtained cell sample compared tothe earlier obtained cell sample is indicative of the individual beingat risk for cancer.

Another embodiment of the invention provides methods of screening anindividual at risk for cancer, by determining the level of expressionfor a specific group of microRNAs, sometimes referred to as a profilegroup of microRNAs, where lower expression of the profile group ofmicroRNAs is associated with risk for a particular type of cancer.

One embodiment of the invention provides a method for identifying anactive compound. In this embodiment, cells are contacted with aplurality of molecules including chemical compounds and biologicmolecules, and the expression of a set of marker genes present in thecells is determined using the novel detection methods of the invention.To identify active compounds, the expression of the marker genes toidentify a cellular phenotype is scored, the presence of a specificcellular phenotype being indicative of an active compound. In oneembodiment the plurality of chemical compounds is a set of compoundsselected from the group consisting of small molecule libraries, FDAapproved drugs, synthetic chemical libraries, phage display libraries,dosage libraries. In another embodiment the active compound is ananti-cancer drug. In a further embodiment the active compound is acellular differentiation factor. In certain embodiments, the set ofmarker genes can include genes encoding mRNAs and/or genes encodingmicroRNAs.

Another embodiment of the invention provides kits for determining insolution the expression level of a population of target nucleic acids.Kits can include a population of detectable bead sets, wherein eachtarget-specific bead set is individually detectable and is capable ofbeing coupled to a capture probe which corresponds to an individualtarget nucleic acid of interest; components for transforming a targetnucleic acid of interest into a corresponding detectable target moleculewhich will specifically bind to its corresponding individualtarget-specific bead set; and instructions for performing thesolution-based detection methods of the invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows one embodiment of the present method for multiplexdetection of mRNAs. Transcripts are captured on immobilized poly-dT andreverse transcribed. Two oligonucleotide probes are designed againsteach transcript of interest. For example, the upstream probes contain inthe embodiment illustrated 20 nt complementary to a universal primer(T7) site, one of one hundred different 24 nt FlexMAP barcodes, and a 20nt sequence complementary to the 3′-end of the correspondingfirst-strand cDNA. The downstream probes are 5′-phosphorylated andcontain a 20 nt sequence contiguous with the gene-specific fragment ofthe upstream probe and a 20 nt universal primer (T3) site. Probes areannealed to their targets, free probes removed, and juxtaposed probesjoined by the action of Taq ligase to yield synthetic 104 ntamplification templates. PCR is performed with T3 and 5′-biotinylated T7primers. Biotinylated barcoded amplicons are hybridized against a poolof one hundred sets of fluorescent microspheres each expressing captureprobes complementary to one of the barcodes, and incubated withstreptavidin-phycoerythrin (SA-PE) to fluorescently label biotinmoieties. Captured labeled amplicons are quantified and beads decodedand counted by flow cytometry. This strategy is based on publishedmethods (Elering et al., 2003; Yeakley et al., 2002).

FIG. 2 shows the reproducibility of an embodiment of the method. Meanexpression levels for each transcript under each condition were computedand the deviation of each individual data point from its correspondingmean was recorded. A histogram of the fraction of data points in each oftwelve bins of fold deviation values is shown. This plot represents1,800 data points (two conditions×ninety transcripts×ten replicates).

FIG. 3 shows the results of comparison of expression levels in oneembodiment. Plot of mean expression values reported by LMA-FlexMAPagainst IVT-GeneChip for each transcript under both conditions. Meanswere calculated as for FIG. 4.

FIG. 4 shows performance in a representative gene space. Total RNA fromHL60 cells treated with tretinoin or vehicle (DMSO) alone were analyzedby LMA-FlexMAP in the space of ninety transcripts selected fromIVT-GeneChip analysis of the same material. Plots depict log ratios ofexpression levels (tretinoin/DMSO) reported by both platforms for eachtranscript, in each of nine classes. Correlation coefficients of the logratios between platforms within each class are shown. IVT-GeneChip,green bars; LMA-FlexMAP, yellow bars. Asterisks (*) flag failedfeatures. Ratios were computed on the means of three parallelhybridizations of the pooled product from three amplification andlabeling reactions (IVT-GeneChip) or ten parallel amplification andhybridization procedures (LMA-FlexMAP) for each condition. Basalexpression categories are 20-60 (low), 60-125 (moderate) and >125(high). Differential expression categories are 1.5-2.5×(low),3-4.5×(moderate) and >5×(high).

FIGS. 5A-5B show schematics of target preparation and bead detection ofmiRNAs. (FIG. 5A) 18 to 26-nucleotide (nt) small RNAs were purified bydenaturing PAGE (polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis) from total RNAsextracted from tissues or cells. Small RNAs underwent two steps ofadaptor ligation utilizing both the 5′-phosphate and 3′-hydroxyl groups,each followed by a denaturing purification. Ligation products werereverse-transcribed (RT) and PCR amplified using a common set ofprimers, with biotinylation on the sense primer. (FIG. 5B) Denaturedtargets were hybridized to beads coupled with capture probes for miRNAs.After binding to streptavidin-phycoerythrin (SAPE), the beads wentthrough a flow cytometer that has two lasers and is capable of detectingboth the bead identity and fluorescence intensity on each bead.

FIGS. 6A-6C show the specificity and accuracy of bead-based miRNAdetection. (FIG. 6 a) Synthetic oligonucleotides corresponding to let-7family and mutants (see FIG. 11 for sequence similarity) werePCR-labelled and hybridized separately on beads and a glass-microarray.Synthetic targets indicated on horizontal axis, capture probes onvertical axis. Values represent proportion of signal relative to correctprobe (set to 100%). (FIG. 6B) Cumulative cross-hybridization on captureprobes. (FIG. 6C) Northern blot vs. bead detection (lanes 1-7: HEL,K562, TF-1, 293, MCF-7, PC-3, SKMEL-5). Bead results shown at left(averages from three (HEL, TF-1, 293, MCF-7, PC-3) or two (K562,SKMEL-5) independent experiments; error bars indicate standarddeviation).

FIG. 7A-7C show hierarchical clustering of miRNA expression. (FIG. 7 a)miRNA profiles of 218 samples covering multiple tissues were clustered(average linkage, correlation similarity; samples are columns, miRNAsare rows). Samples of epithelial (EP) origin or derived from thegastrointestinal tract (GI) are indicated. Supplementary FIG. 4 showsmore detail. (FIG. 7B) Clustering of 73 bone marrow samples frompatients with ALL. Colored bars indicate the ALL subtypes. (FIG. 7C)Comparison of miRNA data and mRNA data. For 89 epithelial samples from(FIG. 7A) that had mRNA expression data, hierarchical clustering wasperformed. Samples of GI origin are shown in blue. GI-derived sampleslargely cluster together in the space of miRNA expression, but not bymRNA expression. Abbreviations: STOM: stomach; PAN: pancreas; KID:kidney; PROST: prostate; UT: uterus; MESO: mesothelioma; BRST: breast;FCC: follicular lymphoma; MF: mycosis fungoides; LVR: liver; BLDR:bladder; MELA: melanoma; TALL: T-cell ALL; BALL: B-cell ALL; LBL:diffuse large-B cell lymphoma; AML: acute myelogenous leukemia; HYPER47-50: hyperdiploid with 47 to 50 chromosomes; HYPER>50: hyperdiploidwith over 50 chromosomes; MLL: mixed lineage leukaemia; NORMP: normalploidy. Further details in Example 3.

FIGS. 8A-8C show comparison between normal and tumor samples revealsglobal changes in miRNA expression. (FIG. 8A) Markers were selected tocorrelate with normal vs. tumor distinction. Heatmap of miRNA expressionis shown, with miRNAs sorted according to the variance-fixed t-testscore. (FIG. 8B) miRNA markers of normal (norm) vs. tumor distinction inhuman tissues from (FIG. 8A) applied to normal lungs and lungadenocarcinomas of KRasLA1 mice. A k-nearest neighbor (kNN) classifierbased on human sample-derived markers yielded a perfect classificationof the mouse samples (Euclidean distance, k=3). Mouse tumor T_MLUNG_(—)5(3rd from right) was occasionally classified as normal with other kNNparameters (Supplementary Information). (FIG. 8C) HL-60 cells weretreated with ATRA (+) or vehicle (−) for the indicated days. Heatmap ofmiRNA expression from a representative experiment is shown.

FIG. 9 shows unsupervised analysis of miRNA expression data. miRNAprofiling data of 218 samples covering multiple tissues and cancers werefiltered, and centered and normalized for each feature. The data werethen subjected to hierarchical clustering on both the samples(horizontally oriented) and the features (vertically oriented, withprobe names on the left), with average-linkage and Pearson correlationas a similarity measure. Sample names (staggered) are indicated on thetop and miRNA names on the left. Tissue types and malignancy status(MAL; N for normal, T for tumor and TCL for tumor cell line) arerepresented by colored bars. Samples that belong to the epithelialorigin (EP) or derived from the gastrointestinal tract (GI) are alsoannotated below the dendrogram. STOM: stomach; PAN: pancreas; KID:kidney; PROST: prostate; UT: uterus; MESO: mesothelioma; BRST (breast);FCC: follicular lymphoma; MF: mycosis fungoides; COLON: colon; LVR:liver; BLDR: bladder; OVARY: ovary; Lung: lung; MELA: melanoma; BRAIN:brain; TALL: T-cell ALL; BALL: B-cell ALL; LBL: diffused large-B celllymphoma; AML: acute myelogenous leukaemia.

FIG. 10 shows comparison of miRNA expression levels of poorlydifferentiated and more-differentiated tumors. Poorly differentiatedtumors (PD) with primary origins from colon, ovary, lung, breast (BRST)or lymphnode (LBL) were compared to more-differentiated tumors (non-PD)of the corresponding tissue types in the miGCM collection. Afterfiltering out non-detectable miRNAs, the remaining 173 features werecentered and normalized for each tissue type separately to a mean of 0and a standard deviation of 1. A heatmap of the data is shown. Sampleswith the same tissue type and PD status were sorted according to totalmiRNA expression readings, with higher expressing samples on the left.Features were sorted according to the variance-thresholded t-test score.

FIG. 11 shows specificity and accuracy of the bead-based miRNA detectionplatform, probe similarity (for FIG. 6). Eleven syntheticoligonucleotides corresponding to human let-7 family of miRNAs ormutants were PCR-labelled. Each of the labelled targets was split andhybridized separately on the bead platform and on a glass microarray.The synthetic targets are indicated on the horizontal axis, and thecapture probes are indicated on the vertical axis. The similarity of thecapture probes are measured by the differences in nucleotides (nt) andindicated by shades of blue.

FIGS. 12A-12B show noise and linearity of bead detection of miRNAs.(FIG. 12 a) The noise of target preparation and bead detection wasanalyzed. Multiple analyses of the same RNA samples were performed.Expression data were log 2-transformed after thresholding at 1 to avoidnegative numbers. The standard deviation (std) of each miRNA was plottedagainst the mean of that miRNA. Data were generated from independentlabeling reactions and detections of five replicates of MCF-7, fourreplicates of PC-3, three replicates of HEL, three replicates of TF-1and three replicates of 293 cell RNAs. Note that most miRNAs have astandard deviation below 0.75 when their mean is above 5 (in log 2scale). (FIG. 12 b) Linearity of target preparation and bead detection.miRNAs were labeled and profiled from HEL cell total RNA with differentstarting amounts (10 ug, 5 ug, 2 ug and 0.5 ug, respectively). Data areaverages of duplicate determinations, measured in median fluorescenceintensity (MFI). Each line connects the readings of one miRNA withdifferent amounts of starting material.

FIG. 13 shows hierarchical clustering analyses of miRNA data and mRNAdata. For 89 epithelial samples that had successful expression data ofboth miRNAs and mRNAs, hierarchical clustering was performed usingaverage linkage and correlation similarity, after gene filtering.Filtering of miRNA data eliminates genes that do not have expressionvalues above a minimum threshold in any sample (see SupplementaryMethods for details). Three different filtering methods were used formRNA data. The first method (mRNA filt-1) uses the same criteria as usedfor miRNA data, resulting in 14546 genes. The second method (mRNAfilt-2) employed a variation filter as described (Ramaswamy et al.,2001), and resulted in 6621 genes. The third method (mRNA filt-3)focused on transcription factors that passed the above variation filter,ending with 220 genes. Samples of gastrointestinal tract (GI) or non-GIorigins are indicated. Tissue type (TT) and malignancy status (MAL) fornormal (N) or tumor (T) samples are also indicated. Note that theGI-derived samples largely cluster together in the space of miRNAexpression, but not by mRNA expression. Abbreviations: PAN: pancreas;KID: kidney; PROST: prostate; UT: uterus; MESO: mesothelioma; BRST:breast; COLON: colon; BLDR: bladder; OVARY: ovary; Lung: lung; MELA:melanoma.

FIGS. 14A-14D show In vitro erythroid differentiation. Purified CD34⁺cells from human umbilical cord blood were induced to differentiatealong the erythroid lineage. (FIG. 14A) Total cell counts weredetermined every two days. Data are averages of cell counts from atriplicate experiment and error bars represent standard deviations.(FIG. 14B) Markers of erythroid differentiation, CD71 and Glycophorin A(GlyA), were determined using flow cytometry. Percentages of cells withnegative (−), low, or positive (+) marker staining are plotted. (FIG.14C) miRNA expression profiles of differentiating erythrocytes weredetermined on days (FIG. 14D) indicated after induction. Data werelog₂-transformed, averaged among successfully profiled same-day samplesand normalized to a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1 for eachmiRNA. Data were then filtered to eliminate miRNAs that do not haveexpression values higher than a minimum cut-off (7.25 on log₂ scale) inany sample. A heatmap of miRNA expression is shown, with red colorindicating higher expression and blue for lower expression. Data shownare from a representative differentiation experiment of two performed.

FIG. 15 shows comparison of miRNA expression levels with an mRNAsignature of proliferation. A consensus set of mRNA transcripts thatpositively correlate with proliferation rate was assembled based onpublished data (see Supplementary Data). Data for miRNA and mRNAexpression in lung and breast (BRST) were centered and normalized foreach gene, bringing the mean to 0 and the standard deviation to 1. Themean expression of mRNAs correlated with proliferation (on thehorizontal axis) was plotted against the mean expression of miRNAmarkers for tumor/normal distinction (on the vertical axis). Normalsamples, poorly differentiated (diff.) tumors and more differentiatedtumors are represented by round, triangle and square dots, respectively.Note that the mRNA proliferation signature distinguishes normal samplesfrom tumors, reflecting faster proliferation rates in cancer specimens;however, it does not distinguish between poorly differentiated tumorsand more differentiated tumors, even though the miRNA expression levelsin the latter two categories are different.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The invention is directed to the discovery and use of improved methodsfor expression profiling of nucleic acids. As will be discussed indetail below, we have found a simple and flexible method that permits usto rapidly and inexpensively measure gene expression of multiple genesin a single multiplex reaction, ranging from a few genes to 50, 60, 70,90 or 200 or more genes. Using this method, we have analyzed microRNAand mRNA expression levels, and found these methods are highly efficientand as effective as commercial slide-based microarrays. However, unlikemicroarrays, the flexibility of the present method permits simpletailoring of the population of genes which can be analyzed in a singlereaction. Thus, the present invention is particularly useful for geneexpression profiling methods. In addition, using the methods of theinvention, we have discovered that microRNAs are downregulated in a widevariety of cancers. Thus, the invention also provides methods fordetection of cancer, using microRNA expression profiling.

In one embodiment, the method uses a population of bead sets andmeasures in solution the expression level of a population of targetnucleic acids of interest in a sample. For each individual targetnucleic acid of interest, there is a corresponding bead set whichcomprises a capture probe specific for its target nucleic acid and aunique detectable label, referred to as the bead signal. In this method,a target nucleic acid, such as mRNA in a cell, is first labeled with adetectable signal, referred to as the target signal, before beinghybridized with the population of bead sets. Following hybridization insolution of the labeled target nucleic acids with the population of beadsets, the level of both detectable signals is determined for eachhybridized bead-target complex. Thus, the bead signal indicates whichtarget nucleic acid is present in the complex, and the level of thetarget signal indicates the level of expression of that target nucleicacid in the sample. The method can be used to detect tens, or hundreds,or thousands of different target nucleic acids in a single sample.

Accordingly, the invention provides simple, flexible, low-cost,high-throughput methods for simultaneously measuring the expressionlevel of multiple nucleic acids, including mRNAs and microRNAs. In termsof multiplicity, the methods allow the expression level of a few tohundreds, and even thousands, of different target nucleic acids to bemeasured simultaneously in a single reaction (e.g. 5, 10, 50, 100, 500,or even 1,000 different target nucleic acids). In terms of throughput,the methods allow high numbers of the multiplexed samples to beprocessed simultaneously, allowing thousands of samples to be rapidlyprocessed. The simplicity of the methods allows the entire procedure tobe readily automated. The low cost aspect of the method is reflected forexample in a typical unit cost of only several dollars to analyze theexpression of 100 nucleic acids in a single sample. As exemplifiedherein, the performance of the present methods is at least comparable tothe current industry-standard oligonucleotide microarrays.

One particularly important advantage of the present method is the highdegree of flexibility it provides regarding the population of targetnucleic acids to be analyzed. Because the population of bead sets is notfixed, as opposed to the probes on a microarray, the bead population canbe readily changed by adding or removing one of the individual beadsets, without altering the other bead sets in the total population.Thus, unlike a slide-based microarray, the population of target nucleicacids to be analyzed can be readily tailored to specific needs, withoutrefabrication of the entire population of bead sets.

The detection methods of the invention can be used in a wide variety ofapplications as described in detail below, including but not limited togene expression profiling, screening assays, diagnostic and prognosticassays, for example for gene expression signatures, small molecule orgenetic library screening, such as screening cDNA/ORFs, shRNAs, andmicroRNAs, pharmacogenomics, and the classification of inducedbiological states.

The invention provides a solution-based method for determining theexpression level of a population of target nucleic acids. The methodcomprises the steps of (a) providing in solution a population oftarget-specific bead sets, wherein each target-specific bead set isindividually detectable and comprises a capture probe which correspondsto an individual target nucleic acid referred to as an individual beadset; (b) hybridizing in solution the population of target-specific beadsets with a population of molecules that can contain a population ofdetectable target molecules, wherein each target nucleic acid has beentransformed into a corresponding detectable target molecule which willspecifically bind to its corresponding individual target-specific beadset; and (c) screening in solution for detectable target moleculeshybridized to target-specific beads to determine the expression level ofthe population of target nucleic acids.

In one embodiment, the population of target-specific bead sets comprisesat least 5 individual bead sets that can bind with a corresponding setof target nucleic acids. In one embodiment, the population oftarget-specific beads comprises at least 100 individual bead sets thatcan bind with a corresponding set of target nucleic acids.

In one embodiment, the population of target nucleic acids is apopulation of mRNAs. In one embodiment, the population of target nucleicacids is a population of microRNAs.

In one embodiment, each target nucleic acid is an mRNA which has beentransformed into a corresponding detectable target molecule. The mRNA istransformed into a corresponding detectable target molecule by a processcomprising the steps of (a) reverse transcribing the mRNA target nucleicacid to generate a cDNA; (b) contacting the cDNA with an upstream probeand a downstream probe, wherein the upstream probe comprises a universalupstream sequence and an upstream target-specific sequence, and thedownstream probe comprises a universal downstream sequence and adownstream target-specific sequence, such that when the upstream probeand the downstream probe are both hybridized to the cDNA the two probesare capable of being ligated; (c) ligating said cDNA contacted with saidupstream and downstream probes to generate ligation complexes; and (d)amplifying said ligation complexes with a pair of universal primerscomprising a universal upstream primer and a universal downstreamprimer. The universal upstream primer is complementary to the universalupstream sequence and the universal downstream primer is complementaryto the universal downstream sequence. At least one of the pair ofuniversal primers is detectably labeled. The product of theamplification is detectably labeled. Accordingly, a detectable targetmolecule is generated which corresponds to the target nucleic acid.

In one embodiment, in the process of transforming the mRNA into acorresponding detectable target molecule, either the upstream probefurther comprises an amplicon tag between the universal sequence and thetarget-specific sequence or the downstream probe further comprises anamplicon tag between the universal sequence and the target-specificsequence. The amplicon tag comprises a nucleic acid sequence that iscomplementary to the sequence of the capture probe of the bead set.

In one embodiment, each target nucleic acid is a microRNA which has beentransformed into a corresponding detectable target molecule. The processof transforming the microRNA into a corresponding detectable targetmolecule comprises the steps of (a) ligating at least one adaptor to themicroRNA, generating an adaptor-microRNA molecule; (b) detectablylabeling said adaptor-microRNA molecule. Accordingly, a detectabletarget molecule is generated which corresponds to the target nucleicacid.

In one embodiment, the adaptor-microRNA is detectably labeled by reversetranscription using the adaptor-microRNA as a template for polymerasechain reaction. In one embodiment, a pair of primers is used in saidpolymerase chain reaction, and at least one of said primers isdetectably labeled.

The present invention further provides a method of screening for thepresence of malignancy, infection, cellular disorder, or response to atreatment in a test sample. The method comprises the steps of (a)determining the expression signature of a group of genes in the testsample; and (b) comparing the expression signature between the testsample and a reference sample. A similarity or difference in theexpression signature between the test sample and the reference sample isindicative of the presence of malignant cells, infected cells, cellulardisorder, or response to a treatment in the test sample. In oneembodiment, the solution-based method for determining the expressionlevel of target nucleic acids is used for determination of theexpression signature in the test sample and the target nucleic acids aremRNAs. In one embodiment, the expression signature comprises at least 5genes.

In one embodiment, the reference sample is known to express apredetermined expression signature indicative of the presence ofmalignancy, infection, or cellular disorder, and the similarity of theexpression signature of the test sample to the predetermined expressionsignature of the reference sample indicates the presence of malignantcells, infected cells, or cellular disorder, in the test sample.

In one embodiment, the reference sample is known to express apredetermined expression signature indicative of a response totreatment, and the similarity of the expression signature of the testsample to the predetermined expression signature of the reference sampleindicates the presence of malignant the response to a treatment in thetest sample. In one embodiment, the response to treatment is an adverseresponse to treatment. In one embodiment, the response to treatment is atherapeutic response to treatment.

The invention further provides a method of identifying an expressionsignature associated with the presence or risk of cancer, infection,cellular disorder, or response to treatment. The method comprises thesteps of (a) isolating cells from a group of individuals with saidcancer, infection, cellular disorder, or response to treatment, anddetermining the expression levels of a group of genes; (b) isolatingcells from a group of individuals without said cancer, infection,cellular disorder, or response to treatment, and determining theexpression levels of said group of genes; and (c) identifyingdifferentially expressed genes from said group of genes which aretogether indicative of the presence or risk of cancer, infection,cellular disorder, or response to treatment in an individual.Accordingly, an expression signature is identified associated with thepresence or risk of cancer, infection, cellular disorder, or response totreatment. In one embodiment, the expression levels of the group ofgenes is determined using the solution-based method of determiningexpression level of target nucleic acids.

The invention further provides a method of screening for the presence ofmalignant cells in a test sample. The method comprises the steps of (a)determining the level of expression of a group of microRNAs in the testsample, and (b) comparing the level of expression of a group ofmicroRNAs between the test sample and a reference sample. In oneembodiment, a lower level of expression of the group of microRNAs in thetest sample compared to the reference sample is indicative of the testsample containing malignant cells. In one embodiment, a similarity ordifference in the level of expression of the group of microRNAs in thetest sample compared to the reference sample is indicative of the testsample containing malignant cells. In one embodiment, the microRNAs aretransformed into a corresponding detectable target molecule by theprocess of the present invention. In one embodiment, the determinationof the level of microRNA in the sample is determined by thesolution-based method of the present invention for determining theexpression level of a population of target nucleic acids. In oneembodiment, the group of microRNAs comprises at least 5 microRNAs. Inone embodiment, the test sample is isolated from an individual at riskof or suspected of having cancer.

The invention further provides a method of screening an individual atrisk for cancer. The method comprises the steps of (a) obtaining atleast two cell samples from the individual at different times; (b)determining the level of expression of a group of microRNAs in the cellsamples, and (c) comparing the level of expression of a group ofmicroRNAs between the cell samples obtained at different times. A lowerlevel of expression of the group of microRNAs in the later obtained cellsample compared to the earlier obtained cell sample is indicative of theindividual being at risk for cancer. In one embodiment, the microRNAsare transformed into a corresponding detectable target molecule by theprocess of the present invention. In one embodiment, the determinationof the level of microRNA in the sample is determined by thesolution-based method of the present invention for determining theexpression level of a population of target nucleic acids.

The invention further provides a method of identifying a microRNAexpression signature associated with the presence or risk of cancer,infection, cellular disorder, or response to treatment. The methodcomprises the steps of (a) isolating cells from a group of individualswith said cancer, infection, cellular disorder, or response totreatment, and determining the expression levels of a group ofmicroRNAs; (b) isolating cells from a group of individuals without saidcancer, infection, cellular disorder, or response to treatment, anddetermining the expression levels of said group of microRNAs; and (c)identifying differentially expressed microRNAs from said group ofmicroRNAs which are together indicative of the presence or risk ofcancer, infection, cellular disorder, or response to treatment in anindividual. Accordingly, a microRNA expression signature is identifiedassociated with the presence or risk of cancer, infection, cellulardisorder, or response to treatment. In one embodiment, the microRNAs aretransformed into a corresponding detectable target molecule by theprocess of the present invention. In one embodiment, the determinationof the level of microRNA in the sample is determined by thesolution-based method of the present invention for determining theexpression level of a population of target nucleic acids.

The invention further provides a method of classifying a tumor sample.The method comprises (a) determining the expression pattern of a groupof microRNAs in a tumor sample of unknown tissue origin, generating atumor sample profile; (b) providing a model of tumor origin microRNAexpression patterns based on a dataset of the expression of microRNAs oftumors of known origin; and (c) comparing the tumor sample profile tothe model to determine which tumors of known origin the sample mostclosely resembles. Accordingly, the tissue origin of the tumor sample isclassified. In one embodiment, the determination of the level ofmicroRNA in the sample is determined by the solution-based method of thepresent invention for determining the expression level of a populationof target nucleic acids.

The invention further provides a method of classifying a sample from anunknown mammalian species. The method comprises the steps of (a)determining the expression pattern of a group of microRNAs in a sampleof an unknown mammalian species, generating a sample profile; (b)providing a model of known mammalian species microRNA expressionpatterns based on a dataset of the expression of microRNAs of knownmammalian species; and (c) comparing the sample profile to the model ofknown species to determine which known mammalian species the sampleprofile most closely resembles. Accordingly, the mammalian species ofthe sample is classified. In one embodiment, the determination of thelevel of microRNA in the sample is determined by the solution-basedmethod of the present invention for determining the expression level ofa population of target nucleic acids.

The invention further provides a method for identifying an activecompound or molecule. The method comprises the steps of (a) contactingcells with a plurality of compounds or molecules, (b) determining theexpression of a set of marker genes present in the cells using thesolution-based method of the present invention for determining theexpression level of a population of target nucleic acids, and (c)scoring the expression of the marker genes to identify a cellularphenotype. The presence of a specific cellular phenotype is indicativeof an active compound or molecule. In one embodiment, the plurality ofchemical compounds or molecules is a set of compounds or moleculesselected from the group consisting of small molecule libraries, FDAapproved drugs, synthetic chemical libraries, phage display libraries,dosage libraries. In one embodiment, the set of marker genes comprisesgenes which encode microRNAs and/or messenger RNAs. In one embodiment,the active compound is an anti-cancer drug. In one embodiment, thecellular phenotype is a tumorigenic status of the cell. In oneembodiment, the cellular phenotype is a metastatic status of the cell.In one embodiment, the set of marker genes is a cancer versus non-cancermarker gene set. In one embodiment, the set of marker genes is ametastatic versus non-metastatic marker gene set. In one embodiment, theset of marker genes is a radiation resistant versus radiation sensitivemarker gene set. In one embodiment, the set of marker genes is achemotherapy resistant versus chemotherapy sensitive marker gene set. Inone embodiment, the active compound is a cellular differentiationfactor. In one embodiment, the cellular phenotype is a cellulardifferentiation status.

The invention further provides a kit for determining in solution theexpression level of a population of target nucleic acids. The kitcomprises: (a) a population of detectable bead sets, wherein eachtarget-specific bead set is individually detectable and is capable ofbeing coupled to a capture probe which corresponds to an individualtarget nucleic acid of interest; (b) components for transforming atarget nucleic acid of interest into a corresponding detectable targetmolecule which will specifically bind to its corresponding individualtarget-specific bead set; and (c) instructions for performing thesolution-based method of the present invention for determining theexpression level of a population of target nucleic acids. In oneembodiment, the population of target nucleic acids comprises mRNAs andthe kit further comprises components for performing the method of thepresent invention for transforming mRNA into a corresponding detectabletarget molecule. In one embodiment, the population of target nucleicacids comprises microRNAs, and the kit further comprises components forperforming the method of the present invention or transforming microRNAinto a corresponding detectable target molecule. In one embodiment, thekit further comprises a polymerase and nucleotide bases. In oneembodiment, the kit further comprises a plurality of detectable labels.In one embodiment, the kit further comprises capture probes capable ofspecifically hybridizing to at least 10 different microRNAs, at least 30different microRNAs, at least 100 different microRNAs, at least 200different target microRNAs. In one embodiment, the kit further comprisesoligonucleotides for use as capture probes or oligonucleotide sequenceinformation to design target specific probes capable of specificallyhybridizing to at least 10 different target mRNAs, at least 30 differenttarget mRNAs, at least 100 different target mRNAs, at least 200different target mRNAs. In one embodiment, the population of targetnucleic acids comprises a set of marker genes associated with thepresence or risk of cancer, infection, cellular disorder, or response totreatment. In one embodiment, the sample comprises or is suspected ofcomprising malignant cells.

Samples

The target nucleic acid can be only a minor fraction of a complexmixture such as a biological sample. As used herein, the term“biological sample” refers to any biological material obtained from anysource (e.g. human, animal, plant, bacteria, fungi, protist, virus). Foruse in the invention, the biological sample should contain a nucleicacid molecule. Examples of appropriate biological samples for use in theinstant invention include: solid materials (e.g tissue, cell pellets,biopsies) and biological fluids (e.g. urine, blood, saliva, amnioticfluid, mouth wash).

Nucleic acid molecules can be isolated from a particular biologicalsample using any of a number of procedures, which are well-known in theart, the particular isolation procedure chosen being appropriate for theparticular biological sample.

Solution-Based Method to Determine Expression Levels of Nucleic Acids

The invention provides a solution-based method for highly multiplexeddetermination of the expression levels of a population of target nucleicacids. The population of target nucleic acids can be a collection ofindividual target nucleic acids of interest, such as a member of a geneexpression signature or just a particular gene of interest. Eachindividual target nucleic acid of interest is first transformed into adetectable target molecule in a quantitative or semi-quantitativemanner, such that the level of each target nucleic acid is reflected bythe level of the corresponding detectable target molecule, which islabeled with a detectable signal such as a fluorescent marker. Thedetectable signal of the target molecule is sometimes referred to as thetarget molecule signal or simply as the target signal. The method alsoinvolves a population of target-specific bead sets, where eachtarget-specific bead set is individually detectable and has a captureprobe which corresponds to an individual target nucleic acid. Thepopulation of bead sets is hybridized in solution with the population ofdetectable target molecules to form a hybridized bead-target complex. Todetermine the expression level of the population of target nucleic acidspresent, one detects both the target signal and the bead signal for eachhybridized bead-target complex, such that the level of the target signalindicates the level of expression of the target nucleic acid, and thebead signal indicates the identity of the target nucleic acid beingdetected. In one embodiment, the beads can be LUMINEX™ beads, which arepolystyrene microspheres that are internally labeled with two spectrallydistinct fluorochromes, such that each set of LUMINEX™ beads can bedistinguished by its spectral address.

The methods of the invention can be used to detect any population oftarget nucleic acids of interest, including but not limited to DNAs andRNAs. In one preferred embodiment the target nucleic acids are messengerRNAs (mRNAs). In another preferred embodiment the target nucleic acidsare microRNAs (microRNAs).

The present invention provides multiplex detection of target nucleicacids in a sample. As used herein, the phrase multiplex or grammaticalequivalents refers to the detection of more than one target nucleic acidof interest within a single reaction. In one embodiment of theinvention, multiplex refers to the detection of between 2-10,000different target nucleic acids in a single reaction. As used herein,multiplex refers to the detection of any range between 2-10,000, e.g.,between 5-500 different target nucleic acids in a single reaction,25-1000 different target nucleic acids, 10-100 different target nucleicacids in a single reaction etc.

The present invention also provides high throughput detection andanalysis of target nucleic acids in a sample. As used herein, the phrase“high throughput” refers to the detection or analysis of more than onereaction in a single process, where each reaction is itself a multiplexreaction, detecting more than one target nucleic acid of interest. Inone preferred embodiment, 2-10,000 multiplex reactions can be processedsimultaneously.

Detectable Bead Sets

The solution-based methods of the invention use detectabletarget-specific bead sets which comprise a capture probe coupled to adetectable bead, where the capture probe corresponds to an individualtarget nucleic acid. As used herein, beads, sometimes referred to asmicrospheres, particles, or grammatical equivalents, are small discreteparticles.

Each population of bead sets is a collection of individual bead sets,each of which has a unique detectable label which allows it to bedistinguished from the other bead sets within the population of beadsets. In one embodiment, the population comprises at least 5 differentindividual bead sets. In another embodiment, the population comprises atleast 20 different individual bead sets. The population can comprise anynumber of bead sets as long as there is a unique detectable signal foreach bead set. For example, at least 10, 20, 30, 50, 70, 100, 200, 500or even more different individual bead sets. In a further embodiment,the population comprises at least 1000 different individual bead sets.

Any labels or signals can be used to detect the bead sets as long asthey provide unique detectable signals for each bead set within thepopulation of bead sets to be processed in a single reaction. Detectablelabels include but are not limited to fluorescent labels and enzymaticlabels, as well as magnetic or paramagnetic particles (see, e.g.,Dynabeads® (Dynal, Oslo, Norway)). The detectable label may be on thesurface of the bead or within the interior of the bead. Detectablelabels for use in the invention are described in greater detail below.

The composition of the beads can vary. Suitable materials include anymaterials used as affinity matrices or supports for chemical andbiological molecule syntheses and analyses, including but not limitedto: polystyrene, polycarbonate, polypropylene, nylon, glass, dextran,chitin, sand, pumice, agarose, polysaccharides, dendrimers, buckyballs,polyacrylamide, silicon, rubber, and other materials used as supportsfor solid phase syntheses, affinity separations and purifications,hybridization reactions, immunoassays and other such applications.

Typically the beads have at least one dimension in the 5-10 mm range orsmaller. The beads can have any shape and dimensions, but typically haveat least one dimension that is 100 mm or less, for example, 50 mm orless, 10 mm or less, 1 mm or less, 100 μm or less, 50 μm or less, andtypically have a size that is 10 μn or less such as, 1 μn or less, 100nm or less, and 10 nm or less. In one embodiment, the beads have atleast one dimension between 2-20 μm. Such beads are often, but notnecessarily, spherical e.g. elliptical. Such reference, however, doesnot constrain the geometry of the matrix, which can be any shape,including random shapes, needles, fibers, and elongated. Roughlyspherical, particularly microspheres that can be used in the liquidphase, also are contemplated. The beads can include additionalcomponents, as long as the additional components do not interfere withthe methods and analyses herein.

Commercially available beads which can be used in the methods of theinvention include but are not limited to bead-based technologiesavailable from LUMINEX™, Illumina, and Lynx. In one embodiment providesmicrobeads labeled with different spectral property and/or fluorescent(or colorimetric) intensity. For example, polystyrene microspheres areprovided by LUMINEX™ Corp, Austin, Tex. that are internally dyed withtwo spectrally distinct fluorochromes. Using precise ratios of thesefluorochromes, a large number of different fluorescent bead sets (e.g.,100 sets) can be produced. Each set of the beads can be distinguished byits spectral address, a combination of which allows for measurement of alarge number of analytes in a single reaction vessel. In thisembodiment, the detectable target molecule is labeled with a thirdfluorochrome. Because each of the different bead sets is uniquelylabeled with a distinguishable spectral address, the resultinghybridized bead-target complexes will be distinguishable for eachdifferent target nucleic acid, which can be detected by passing thehybridized bead-target complexes through a rapidly flowing fluid stream.In the stream, the beads are interrogated individually as they pass twoseparate lasers. High speed digital signal processing classifies each ofthe beads based on its spectral address and quantifies the reaction onthe surface. Thousands of beads can interrogated per second, resulting ahigh speed, high throughput and accurate detection of multiple differenttarget nucleic acids in a single reaction.

In addition to a detectable label, the bead sets also contain a captureprobe which corresponds to an individual target nucleic acid. Typically,the capture probes are short unique DNA sequences with uniformhybridization characteristics. Useful capture probes of the inventionare described in detail below.

The capture probe can be coupled to the beads using any suitable methodwhich generates a stable linkage between probe and the bead, and permitshandling of the bead without compromising the linkage using furthermethods of the invention. Coupling reactions include but are not limitedto the use capture probes modified with a 5′ amine for coupling tocarboxylated microsphere or bead.

Methods to Transform a Target mRNA into a Detectable Target Molecule

In one preferred embodiment, the present invention provides methods todetect a population of target nucleic acids, where the target nucleicacids are mRNAs, as illustrated in FIG. 1.

To detect a nucleic acid, for example, mRNAs, the invention providesmethods to transform a mRNA into a corresponding detectable targetmolecule. However, any nucleic acid can be used, e.g., DNA, microRNA,etc. In this example, the mRNA target nucleic acid is first reversetranscribed to generate a cDNA, which is then amplified. During theamplification reaction, a detectable signal is also introduced to createa detectable target molecule, sometimes referred to as a tagged ordetectable amplicon. In this process, an upstream probe and a downstreamprobe are first hybridized to the cDNA. The upstream probe comprises auniversal upstream sequence and an upstream target-specific sequence,and the downstream probe comprises a universal downstream sequence and adownstream target-specific sequence, such that when the upstream probeand the downstream probe are both hybridized to the cDNA, the two probesare capable of being ligated, as illustrated in FIG. 1. Next, theupstream and downstream probes hybridized to the cDNA are ligated, togenerate a ligation complex. For each mRNA present in the startingsample, a single ligation complex is created. Thus, the number ofligation complexes present is a function of the number of individualmRNA molecules present in the starting sample. Finally, the populationof ligation complexes is amplified using a pair of universal primers, auniversal upstream primer and a universal downstream primer. Theuniversal upstream primer is complementary to the universal upstreamsequence, and the universal downstream primer is complementary to theuniversal downstream sequence. Typically, the universal upstreamsequence and the universal downstream sequence are common between allupstream and downstream probes, respectively, so that within a singlemultiplex reaction, only two universal primers are required to amplifyall of the different target nucleic acids being detected. At least oneof the pair of universal primers is detectably labeled, such that theproduct of the amplification is detectably labeled. Accordingly, thisprocess generates a detectable target molecule which corresponds to thetarget nucleic acid. Detectable labels are discussed in detail below.

The target-specific sequences of the upstream and the downstream probescomprise polynucleotide sequences that are complementary to a portion ofthe polynucleotide sequence of the target nucleic acid of interest.Preferably, the target-specific sequences of the present invention arecompletely complimentary to their corresponding target sequence in thenucleic acid of interest. However, the target-specific sequences used inthe present invention can have less than exact complementarity withtheir target sequences, as long as the upstream and downstream probeshybridized to the target sequence can be ligated by a DNA ligase.

To allow hybridization to the capture probe of the corresponding beadset, a sequence which is complementary to the capture probe must bepresent in the detectable target molecule. For the detection andanalysis of mRNA, this sequence is sometimes referred to as the amplicontag. The amplicon tag may be a sequence within the target nucleicacid-specific sequence, i.e. part of the upstream or downstream targetspecific sequences. Alternatively, either the upstream probe or thedownstream probe may additionally contain an amplicon tag, which liesbetween the universal sequence and the target specific sequence of theprobe. For example, if the amplicon tag resides within the upstreamprobe, then it is between the upstream universal sequence and theupstream target specific sequence.

Methods to Transform a microRNA into a Detectable Target Molecule

The present invention also provides methods to detect other nucleicacid, such as a population of microRNAs. The detection of microRNAsrepresents a significant problem in the art because of their size andsequence similarities. microRNAs are a recently identified class ofsmall non-coding RNAs, which are typically around 21 nucleotides and maydiffer in sequence by only one or a few nucleotides. At present,hundreds of distinct microRNAs have been identified; however, newmicroRNAs continue to be described.

Mature microRNAs are excised from a stem-loop precursor that itself canbe transcribed as part of a longer primary RNA, sometimes referred to aspri-microRNA. The pri-microRNA is then processed by a nuclear RNAse,cleaving the base of the stem-loop and defining one end of the microRNA.Following export to the cytoplasm, the precursor microRNA is furtherprocessed by a second RNAse which cleaves both strands of the RNA,typically about 22 nucleotides from the base of the stem. The twostrands of the resulting double-stranded RNA are differentially stable,and the mature microRNA resides on the more stable strand. See Lee, EMBOJ. 21:4663-70 (2002); Lee, Nature 425:415-19 (2003); Yi, Genes Dev.17:17:3011-16 (2003); Lund, Science 303:95-8 (2004); Khvorova, Cell115:209-16 (2003); and Schwarz, Cell 115:199-208 (2003).

To detect a population of microRNAs, the invention provides methods totransform a microRNA into a corresponding detectable target moleculeusing essentially the method previously described in Miska et al.,Genome Biology 5:R68 (2004). In this method, one first ligates at leastone adaptor to the population of microRNAs, generating a population ofligated adaptor-microRNA molecules. These ligated molecules are thendetectably labeled, thereby generating a detectable target moleculewhich corresponds to the specific microRNA. In one embodiment, theadaptor-microRNA is detectably labeled by reverse transcription usingthe adaptor-microRNA as a template for polymerase chain reaction. Atleast one of the primers used in said polymerase chain reaction isdetectably labeled. Detectable labels are described in detail below.

More particularly, the method involves first size selecting 18-26nucleotide RNAs from total RNA, for example using denaturingpolyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE). Oligonucleotides are thenattached to the 5′ and 3′ ends of the small RNAs to generate ligatedsmall RNAs. The ligated small RNAs are then used as templates forreverse transcription PCR, as previously described for microRNA cloning.See Lee, Science 294:862-4 (2001); Lagos-Quintana, Science 294:853-8(2001); Lau, Science 294:858-62 (2001). The RT-PCR can include forexample 10 cycles of amplification. To detectably label the resultingamplification product, either of the primers used for the RT-PCRreaction can have a detectable label, such as a fluorophore such as Cy3.Preferably, the detectable label is attached to the 5′ end of theprimer.

The adaptors of the present invention are comprised of nucleic acidsequences typically not found in the population of microRNAs.Preferably, there is less than 35% identity (homology) between theadaptor sequence and the template, more preferably less than 30%identity, still more preferably less than 25% identity. The sequenceanalysis programs used to determine homology are run at the defaultsetting.

To specifically identify individual microRNAs, the invention provides apopulation of bead sets where the capture probes are complementary tothe microRNA sequences themselves, rather than the adaptor sequences.Thus, the invention provides in certain embodiments a populations ofbead sets which are specific to all known microRNAs. As microRNAscontinue to be discovered, the invention allows ready addition of newbead sets corresponding to the newly discovered microRNAs to be added.As discussed in detail below, the invention also provides specific setsof populations of bead sets for the expression profiling of signaturemicroRNAs.

Primers, Probes, and Adaptors

As described above, the probes, primers, and adaptors of the inventioncomprise include but are not limited to the capture probes of the beadsets, universal primers for amplification of the ligation complexes fornucleic acid detection such as mRNA detection, adaptors for thedetection of different nucleic acids such as microRNAs, and amplicontags for hybridization of the detectable target molecules to the captureprobes of the bead sets. The invention also provides additional primers,probes, and adaptors for use in various nucleic acid manipulations. Theprobes, primers and adaptors are sometimes referred to simply asprimers.

The probes, primers, and adaptors used in the methods of the inventioncan be readily prepared by the skilled artisan using a variety oftechniques and procedures. For example, such probes, primers, andadaptors can be synthesized using a DNA or RNA synthesizer. In addition,probes, primers, and adaptors may be obtained from a biological source,such as through a restriction enzyme digestion of isolated DNA.Preferably, the primers are single-stranded.

As used herein, the term “primer” has the conventional meaningassociated with it in standard PCR procedures, i.e., an oligonucleotidethat can hybridize to a polynucleotide template and act as a point ofinitiation for the synthesis of a primer extension product that iscomplementary to the template strand.

Preferably, the primers of the present invention have exactcomplementarity with its target sequence. However, primers used in thepresent invention can have less than exact complementarity with theirtarget sequence as long as the primer can hybridize sufficiently withthe target sequence so as to function as described; for example to beextendible by a DNA polymerase or for hybridization with the captureprobe of the bead set.

For use in a given multiplex reaction, the universal primer sequencesare typically analyzed as a group to evaluate the potential forfortuitous dimer formation between different primers. This evaluationmay be achieved using commercially available computer programs forsequence analysis, such as Gene Runner, Hastings Software Inc. Othervariables, such as the preferred concentrations of Mg⁺², dNTPs,polymerase, and primers, are optimized using methods well-known in theart (Edwards et al., PCR Methods and Applications 3:565 (1994)).

Detectable Labels

Any labels or signals which allow detection of the bead set and thedetectable target molecules can be used in the methods of the invention.Such detectable labels are well known in the art.

According to the invention, there is a target-specific bead set whichcorresponds to each target nucleic acid of interest. For each bead setthere is a detectable signal, and for the corresponding target nucleicacid there is a distinct detectable signal. Thus, detection of anindividual target nucleic interest requires two distinguishabledetectable signals.

The detectable labels of the invention may be added to the targetnucleic acid and/or the bead sets using various methods. The detectablelabel may be covalently conjugated with the nucleic acid ornon-covalently attached to the nucleic through sequence-specific ornon-sequence-specific binding. Examples of the detectable labelsinclude, but are not limited to biotin, digoxigenin, fluorescentmolecule (e.g., fluorescin and rhodamine), chemiluminescent moiety(e.g., LUMINOL™), coenzyme, enzyme substrate, radio isotopes, a particlesuch as latex or carbon particle, nucleic acid-binding protein,polynucleotide that specifically hybridizes with either the target orreference nucleic acid strand. Detection of the presence of the labelcan be achieved by observation or measurement of signals emitted fromthe label. The production of the signal may be facilitated by binding ofthe label to its counter-part molecule, which triggers a reactiondirectly or indirectly. For example, the target nucleic acid may belabeled with biotin; upon binding of streptavidin-HRP (horse radishperoxidase) and addition of the substrate for HRP (e.g., ABTS), thepresence of the biotin-labeled target molecule can be detected byobserving or measuring color changes in the mixture.

In certain preferred embodiments, the labels are fluorescent and thehybridized bead-target complexes are detected using fluorescencepolarization machine, also referred to as a flow cytometer. Fluorescentdyes with diverse spectral properties (e.g., as supplied by MOLECULARPROBES™, Eugene, Oreg.) may be used to simultaneously detect multipledetectable target molecules. In this assay, each target molecules may belabeled with a fluorescent dye having different spectral property thanthat for another target molecule. In another preferred embodiment, thedetectable target molecule is labeled with a biotin, and the finalhybridized bead-target complexes are further reacted with a signal suchas streptavidin-phycoerythrin.

Target Nucleic Acids

In the present invention, a target nucleic acid refers to a sequence ofnucleotides to be studied either for the presence of a difference from areference sequence or for the determination of its presence or absence.The target nucleic acid sequence may be double stranded or singlestranded and from a natural or synthetic source. When the target nucleicacid sequence is single stranded, a nucleic acid duplex comprising thesingle stranded target nucleic acid sequence may be produced byprimer-extension and/or amplification.

The present invention is preferably used with at least 5 targets in asingle reaction, more preferably at least 10 targets, still morepreferably with at least 14 targets, even more preferably with at least20 targets, yet more preferably with at least 30 targets, still morepreferably with at least 50 targets, and even more preferably with atleast 100 targets in a single reaction, although one can target anynumber from 5-1000 as long as a uniquely detectable signal is used.Multiplex detection as used herein refers to the simultaneous detectionof multiple nucleic acid targets in a single reaction mixture.

High-throughput denotes the ability to simultaneously process and screena large number of individual reaction mixtures such as multiplexednucleic acid samples (e.g. in excess of 100 RNAs) in a rapid andeconomical manner, as well as to simultaneously screen large numbers ofdifferent target nucleic acids within a single multiplexed nucleic acidsample.

Any nucleic acid sample of interest may be used in practicing thepresent invention, including without limitation eukaryotic, prokaryoticand viral DNA or RNA. In a preferred embodiment, the target nucleicacids represents a sample of total RNA, including mRNA and microRNA,isolated from an individual. This DNA may be obtained from any cellsource or body fluid. Non-limiting examples of cell sources available inclinical practice include blood cells, buccal cells, cervicovaginalcells, epithelial cells from urine, fetal cells, or any cells present intissue obtained by biopsy. Body fluids include blood, urine,cerebrospinal fluid, semen and tissue exudates at the site of infectionor inflammation. Nucleic acid such as RNA is extracted from the cellsource or body fluid using any of the numerous methods that are standardin the art. It will be understood that the particular method used toextract the nucleic acid will depend on the nature of the source and thetype of nucleic acid to be extracted.

The present method can be used with polynucleotides comprising eitherfull-length RNA or DNA, or their fragments. The RNA or DNA can be eitherdouble-stranded or single-stranded, and can be in a purified orunpurified form. Preferably, the polynucleotides are comprised of RNA.In certain embodiments, the present invention can be used with full-sizecDNA polynucleotide sequences, such as can be obtained by reversetranscription of RNA. The DNA fragments used in the present inventioncan be obtained by digestion of cDNA with restriction endonucleases, orby amplification of cDNA fractions from cDNA using arbitrary orsequence-specific PCR primers. The nucleic acid can be obtained from avariety of sources, including both natural and synthetic sources. Thenucleic acid can be from any natural source including viruses, bacteria,yeast, plants, insects and animals.

Certain embodiments of the invention provide amplification of a nucleicacid using polymerase chain reaction (PCR). “Amplification” of DNA asused herein denotes the use of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) toincrease the concentration of a particular DNA sequence within a mixtureof DNA sequences. In practicing the present invention, a nucleic acidsample is contacted with pairs of oligonucleotide primers underconditions suitable for polymerase chain reaction. Conditions forperforming PCR are well known in the art. Standard PCR reactionconditions may be used, e.g., 1.5 mM MgCl.sub.2, 50 mM KCl, 10 mMTris-HCl, pH 8.3, 200 μM deoxynucleotide triphosphates (dNTPs), and25-100 U/ml Taq polymerase (PERKIN-ELMER™, Norwalk, Conn.). Theconcentration of each primer in the reaction mixture can range fromabout 0.05 to about 4 μM. Each potential primer can be evaluated byperforming single PCR reactions using each primer pair (e.g. a universalupstream primer and a universal downstream primer) individually.Similarly, each primer pair can be evaluated independently to confirmthat all primer pairs to be included in a single multiplex PCR reactiongenerate a product of the expected size. As the number of targets in asingle reaction increases, certain targets may not be amplified asefficiently as other targets. The concentration of the primers for suchunderrepresented targets may be increased to increase their yield. Forexample, when multiplying 15 or more targets; more preferably, whenmultiplying 30 or more targets.

Multiplex PCR reactions are typically carried out using manual orautomatic thermal cycling. Any commercially available thermal cycler maybe used, such as, e.g., PERKIN-ELMER™ 9600 cycler.

A variety of DNA polymerases can be used during PCR with the presentinvention. Preferably, the polymerase is a thermostable DNA polymerasesuch as may be obtained from a variety of bacterial species, includingThermus aquaticus (Taq), Thermus thermophilus (Tth), Thermus filiformis,Thermus flavus, Thermococcus literalis, and Pyrococcus furiosus (Pfu).Many of these polymerases may be isolated from the bacterium itself orobtained commercially. Polymerases to be used with the present inventioncan also be obtained from cells which express high levels of the clonedgenes encoding the polymerase. Preferably, a combination of severalthermostable polymerases can be used.

The PCR conditions used to amplify the targets are standard PCRconditions which are well known in the art. Typical conditions use 35-40cycles, with each cycle comprising a denaturing step (e.g. 10 seconds at94° C.), an annealing step (e.g. 15 sec at 68° C.), and an extensionstep (e.g. 1 minute at 72° C.). As the number of targets in a singlereaction increases, the length of the extension time may be increased.For example, when amplifying 30 or more targets, the extension time maybe three times as longer than when amplifying 10-15 targets (e.g. 3minutes instead of 1 minute).

In addition to the detection methods specific to the present invention,the reaction products can be analyzed using any of several methods thatare well-known in the art, for example to confirm isolated steps of themethods. For example, agarose gel electrophoresis can be used to rapidlyresolve and identify each of the amplified sequences. In a multiplexreaction, different amplified sequences are preferably of distinct sizesand thus can be resolved in a single gel. In one embodiment, thereaction mixture is treated with one or more restriction endonucleasesprior to electrophoresis. Alternative methods of product analysisinclude without limitation dot-blot hybridization with allele-specificoligonucleotides and SSCP.

Applications

The methods of the invention can be used in any application or method inwhich it is desirable to measure or detect the presence of a populationof target nucleic acids, such as for gene expression profiling ormicroRNAs profiling. While several preferred applications are describedin detail here, the invention is in no way limited to these embodiments.Other applications would become apparent to one skilled in the arthaving the benefit of this disclosure.

As described in detail below, the invention can be used in methods forgene expression profiling assays such as, diagnostic and prognosticassays, for example for gene expression signatures, molecule or geneticlibrary screening, such as screening cDNA/ORFs, shRNAs, and microRNAs,pharmacogenomics, and the classification of induced biological states.

Expression Profiling Applications

The methods of the invention are useful for a variety of gene expressionprofiling applications. More particularly, the invention encompassesmethods for high-throughput genetic screening. The method allows therapid and simultaneous detection of multiple defined target nucleicacids such as mRNA or microRNA sequences in nucleic samples obtainedfrom a multiplicity of individuals. It can be carried out bysimultaneously amplifying many different target sequences from a largenumber of desired samples, such as patient nucleic acid samples, usingthe methods described above.

In general, as used herein, an expression signature is a set of genes,where the expression level of the individual genes differs between afirst physiological state or condition relative to their expressionlevel in a second physiological state or condition, i.e. state A andstate B. For example, between cancerous cells and non-cancerous cells,or cells infected with a pathogen and uninfected cells, or cells indifferent states of development.

The terms “differentially expressed gene,” “differential gene express”and their synonyms, which are used interchangeably, refer to a genewhose expression is activated to a higher or lower level in onephysiological state relative to a second physiological subject sufferingfrom a disease, such as cancer, relative to its expression in a normalor control subject. As used herein, “gene” specifically includes nucleicacids which do not encode proteins, such as microRNAs. The terms alsoinclude genes whose expression is activated to a higher or lower levelat different states of the same disease. A differentially expressed genemay be either activated or inhibited at the nucleic acid level orprotein level, or may be subject to alternative splicing to result in adifferent polypeptide product. Such differences may be evidenced by achange in mRNA levels or microRNA levels, surface expression, secretionor other partitioning of a polypeptide, for example. Differential geneexpression may include a comparison of expression between two or moregenes or their gene products, or a comparison of the ratios of theexpression between two or more genes or their gene products, or even acomparison of two differently processed products of the same gene, whichdiffer between normal subjects and subjects suffering from a disease,specifically cancer, or between various stages of the same disease.Differential expression includes both quantitative, as well asqualitative, differences in the temporal or cellular expression patternin a gene or its expression products among, for example, normal anddiseased cells, or among cells which have undergone different diseaseevents or disease stages. Differential gene expression is considered tobe present when there is at least an about two-fold, preferably at leastabout four-fold, more preferably at least about six-fold, morepreferably at least about ten-fold difference between the expression ofa given gene between two different physiological states, such as invarious stages of disease development in a diseased individual.

An expression signature is sometimes referred to herein as a set ofmarker genes. An expression signature, or set of marker genes, is aminimum number of genes that is capable of identifying a phenotypicstate of a cell. A set of marker genes that is representative of acellular phenotype is one which includes a minimum number of genes thatidentify markers to demonstrate that a cell has a particular phenotype.In general, two discrete cell populations in different physiologicalstates having the desired phenotypes may be examined by the methods ofthe invention. The minimum number of genes in a set of marker genes willdepend on the particular phenotype being examined. In some embodimentsthe minimum number of genes is 2 or, more preferably, 5 genes. In otherembodiments, the minimum number of genes is 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40,45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, or 1000 genes.

Screening for Expression Signatures

One embodiment of the invention provides highly practical, i.e. lowcost, high throughput, and highly flexible routine mRNA expressionanalysis, for example for clinical testing. The invention providesmethods to analyze the expression signature for a cellular phenotype ofinterest by determining the expression level of a set of marker genes ina test sample. A “phenotype” as used herein refers to a physiologicalstate of a cell under a specific set of conditions, including but notlimited to malignancy, infection or a cellular disorder.

In general, analysis of an expression signature involves firstdetermining the expression profile of a gene group, also known as theexpression signature, in the test sample, and comparing the expressionprofile between the test sample and a corresponding control sample,where a difference in the expression profile between the test sample andthe control sample is indicative of the test sample expressing thephysiological state or cellular phenotype associated with the signatureprofile. There can be a range of differences in gene expression in theexpression profile between the control sample and the profile ofinterest. Preferably, there are differences from the control profile inat least 25% of the genes being looked at. This can range from a sampleshowing a 25% change to 100% change from the control sample pattern tothe condition of interest and all points in between, at least 30%, atleast 40%, at least 50%, at least 75%, at least 90%.

The methods of the invention can be used to analyze any expressionsignature for a cellular phenotype of interest. The identification ofexpression signatures is the subject of intense study. The inventioncontemplates the analysis of any expression signature of interest and isin no way limited to the specific embodiments described herein.

In one embodiment, the present invention provides methods to measuregene expression signatures in a sample, where the expression signatureis indicative of a malignancy. For example, van de Vivjer et al. NewEngl. J. Med. 347:1999-2009 (2002) described a 70 member expressionsignature associated with breast cancer malignancy or metastasis, and isa predictor of survival. U.S. Patent Application Publication No.2004/0018527 discloses a group of 91 genes associated with docetaxelchemosensitivity in breast cancer. Additional breast cancer expressionsignatures are described in detail in U.S. Patent ApplicationPublication No. 2004/0058340 as well as Abba et al., BMC Genomics 6:37(2005). Glas et al. (2005) described an 81 member expression signatureassociated with follicular lymphoma, particularly the aggressiveness ofthe lymphoma. Stegmaier et al. (2004) described a 5 member expressionsignature which was used in a cell-based small molecule screen foragents inducing the differentiation of human leukemia cells. U.S. PatentApplication Publication No. 2004/0009523 discloses 14 genes associatedwith a diagnosis of multiple myeloma, as well as four subgroups of 24genes associated with a prognosis of multiple myeloma. U.S. PatentApplication Publication No. 2005/0089895 discloses 26 genes associatedwith the likelihood of recurrence in hepatocellular carcinoma. O'Donnellet al., 2005, Oncogene 24:1244-51, described a group of 116 genesassociated with squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity. Beer et al.2002, Nat Med 8:816-824 discloses 50 gene risk index associated withlung adenocarcinoma survival. Classification of human lung cancer bygene expression profiling has been described in several recentpublications (M. Garber, PNAS, 98(24): 13784-13789 (2001); A.Bhattacharjee, PNAS, 98(24):13790-13795 (2001). Ramaswamy et al., 2002,Nat Gen 33:49-54 discloses 128 genes whose relative expression levelsdistinguish between primary and metastatic tumors. Glinsky et al., 2005,J. Clin. Invest. 115:1503-21, discloses 11 genes associated with highlyaggressive disease outcomes for several different cancers.

Other disease conditions have also been found to be associated withexpression signatures. For example, U.S. Patent Application PublicationNo. 20040220125 discloses 40 cardioprotective genes, which are useful asa means to diagnose cardiopathology. Baechler et al. 2003, PNAS100:2610-15 disclose a group of 161 genes associated with severe lupus;see also U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2004/0033498.

Other cellular states for which expression signatures have been reportedinclude apoptosis, for which a set of 35 regulator genes has beenreported (Eldering et al., Nuc. Acid Res. 31:e153 (2003), as well asinflammation, which was associated with a group of 30 genes (Id.).

The present invention also provides methods for diagnosis of infectionby gene expression profiling using the methods of the invention. In oneembodiment, the expression signature is comprised of cellular host geneswhose expression is altered in the presence of an infectious agent. Forexample, U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 20040038201 disclosesexpression signatures of cellular host genes associated with infectionwith a variety of infectious agents, including E. coli, theenterohemorrhagic pathogen E. coli 0157:H7, Salmonella spp.Staphylococcus aureus, Listeria monocytogenes, M. tuberculosis, and M.bovis bacilli Calmette-Gurin (BCG).

In another embodiment, the expression signature is comprised of genes ofthe infectious agent. The expression signature can also comprise acombination of host and infectious agent genes.

Another preferred embodiment of the invention provides methods forscreening for the presence of an infection in a sample by detecting thepresence of multiple genes associated with the infectious agent.Viruses, bacteria, fungi and other infectious organisms contain distinctnucleic acid sequences, which are different from the sequences containedin the host cell. Detecting or quantifying nucleic acid sequences thatare specific to the infectious organism is important for diagnosing ormonitoring infection. Examples of disease causing viruses that infecthumans and animals and which may be detected by the disclosed processesinclude but are not limited to: Retroviridae (e.g., humanimmunodeficiency viruses, such as HIV-1 (also referred to as HTLV-III,LAV or HTLV-III/LAV, See Ratner, L. et al., Nature, Vol. 313, Pp.227-284 (1985); Wain Hobson, S. et al, Cell, Vol. 40: Pp. 9-17 (1985));HIV-2 (See Guyader et al., Nature, Vol. 328, Pp. 662-669 (1987);European Patent Publication No. 0 269 520; Chakraborti et al., Nature,Vol. 328, Pp. 543-547 (1987); and European Patent Application No. 0 655501); and other isolates, such as HIV-LP (International Publication No.WO 94/00562 entitled “A Novel Human Immunodeficiency Virus”;Picornaviridae (e.g., polio viruses, hepatitis A virus, (Gust, I. D., etal., Intervirology, Vol. 20, Pp. 1-7 (1983); entero viruses, humancoxsackie viruses, rhinoviruses, echoviruses); Caliciviridae (e.g.,strains that cause gastroenteritis); Togaviridae (e.g., equineencephalitis viruses, rubella viruses); Flaviridae (e.g., dengueviruses, encephalitis viruses, yellow fever viruses); Coronaviridae(e.g., coronaviruses); Rhabdoviridae (e.g., vesicular stomatitisviruses, rabies viruses); Filoviridae (e.g., ebola viruses);Paramyxoviridae (e.g., parainfluenza viruses, mumps virus, measlesvirus, respiratory syncytial virus); Orthomyxoviridae (e.g., influenzaviruses); Bungaviridae (e.g., Hantaan viruses, bunga viruses,phleboviruses and Nairo viruses); Arena viridae (hemorrhagic feverviruses); Reoviridae (e.g., reoviruses, orbiviurses and rotaviruses);Birnaviridae, Hepadnaviridae (Hepatitis B virus); Parvoviridae(parvoviruses); Papovaviridae (papilloma viruses, polyoma viruses);Adenoviridae (most adenoviruses); Herpesviridae (herpes simplex virus(HSV) 1 and 2, varicella zoster virus, cytomegalovirus (CMV), herpesviruses); Poxyiridae (variola viruses, vaccinia viruses, pox viruses);and Iridoviridae (e.g., African swine fever virus); and unclassifiedviruses (e.g., the etiological agents of Spongiform encephalopathies,the agent of delta hepatitis (thought to be a defective satellite ofhepatitis B virus), the agents of non-A, non-B hepatitis (class1=internally transmitted; class 2=parenterally transmitted (i.e.,Hepatitis C); Norwalk and related viruses, and astroviruses).

Examples of infectious bacteria include but are not limited to:Helicobacter pyloris, Borelia burgdorferi, Legionella pneumophilia,Mycobacteria sps (e.g. M. tuberculosis, M. avium, M. intracellulare, M.kansaii, M. gordonae), Staphylococcus aureus, Neisseria gonorrhoeae,Neisseria meningitidis, Listeria monocytogenes, Streptococcus pyogenes(Group A Streptococcus), Streptococcus agalactiae (Group BStreptococcus), Streptococcus (viridans group), Streptococcus faecalis,Streptococcus bovis, Streptococcus (anaerobic sps.), Streptococcuspneumoniae, pathogenic Campylobacter sp., Enterococcus sp., Haemophilusinfluenzae, Bacillus antracis, corynebacterium diphtheriae,corynebacterium sp., Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, Clostridiumperfringers, Clostridium tetani, Enterobacter aerogenes, Klebsiellapneumoniae, Pasturella multocida, Bacteroides sp., Fusobacteriumnucleatum, Streptobacillus moniliformis, Treponema pallidium, Treponemapertenue, Leptospira, and Actinomyces israelli.

Examples of parasitic protozoan infections include but are not limitedto: Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium ovale, Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodiumfalciparum, Toxoplasma gondii, Pneumocystis carinii, Trypanosoma cruzi,Trypanasoma brucei gambiense, Trypanasoma brucei rhodesiense, Leishmaniaspecies, including Leishmania donovani, Leishmania mexicana, Naegleria,Acanthamoeba, Trichomonas vaginalis, Cryptosporidium species, Isosporaspecies, Balantidium coli, Giardia lamblia, Entamoeba histolytica, andDientamoeba fragilis. See generally, Robbins et al, Pathologic Basis ofDisease (Saunders, 1984) 273-75, 360-83.

microRNA Expression Profiles

We have also found that one can screen for the presence of malignantcells in a test sample by determining the level of expression of totalmicroRNAs in a test sample; and comparing the levels of expression ofmicroRNAs of the test sample and a control sample. A lower level ofexpression of microRNAs in the test sample compared to the controlsample is indicative of the test sample containing malignant cells. Onecan use any screening method including the solution base methoddescribed herein, or other known methods such as microarrays formicroRNAs, such as that described in Miska et al., 2004.

Another embodiment of the invention provides methods of screening anindividual at risk for cancer by obtaining at least two cell samplesfrom the individual at different times; and comparing the level ofexpression of microRNAs in the cell samples, where a lower level ofexpression of microRNAs in the later obtained cell sample compared tothe earlier obtained cell sample indicates that the individual is atrisk for cancer.

In one preferred embodiment, the methods of the present invention areuseful for characterizing poorly differentiated tumors. As exemplifiedherein, microRNA expression distinguishes tumors from normal tissues,even for poorly differentiated tumors. As shown in FIG. 9, the majorityof microRNAs analyzed were expressed in lower levels in tumors comparedto normal tissues, irrespective of cell type.

The methods of detecting microRNAs are particularly useful for detectingtumors of histologically uncertain cellular origin, which account for2-4% of all cancer diagnoses. In this embodiment, the expression profileof microRNAs in a tumor of uncertain cellular origin is compared to aset of microRNA expression profiles for a set of tumors of known origin,allowing classification of the test samples to be assessed based on thecomparison.

In another embodiment, the level of expression for a specific group ofmicroRNAs, sometimes referred to a profile group of microRNAs, isdetermined, where lower expression of said profile group of microRNAs isassociated with risk for a particular type of cancer. In particular,microRNAs can be used to classify acute lymphoblastic leukemias into thefollowing subclassifications: t(9;22) BCR/ABL ALLs; t(12;21) TEL/AML1ALLs; and T-cell ALLs.

Identification of Novel Expression Signatures

We have also discovered methods for identifying an expression profile ofa gene group associated with risk of a cellular disorder. It can be anytype of nucleic acid that is viewed. In certain embodiments, the genesencode mRNAs. In other preferred embodiments, the genes encodemicroRNAs.

In one embodiment, the methods involve the establishment of two or moresets of gene expression profiles. The gene expression profiles areutilized to develop marker gene sets which identify a phenotype. Thus,the methods of the invention involve the identification of a cellsignature which is useful for identifying a phenotype of a cell.

As used herein, a control gene or set of control genes is selected thatare common between the two physiological states in similar or equivalentdegrees of gene expression. Additionally, a common housekeeping gene(s)may be used as an “internal” reference or control to normalize thereadout for relative differences in cell populations in the screeningassay. One example of a common gene useful in the invention isglyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) (M33197). Theexpression level of the marker genes will define the phenotypic statewhen taken in ratio to the common gene(s). Hence, quantitation of theexpression levels for 2 or more marker genes will be adequate toidentify a new phenotypic state.

In this method, one isolates cells from a group of individuals with acancer, infection, or cellular disorder, and determining the expressionlevel of multiple genes; isolating cells from a group of individualswithout said cancer, infection, or cellular disorder, and determiningthe expression level of said multiple genes; and identifyingdifferential gene expression patterns that are statisticallysignificant; and applying linear regression analysis to identify anexpression profile of a gene group that is indicative of an individualhaving risk of said cancer, infection, or cellular disorder. One can useany screening technique to identify the expression profile. The methoddescribed herein is particularly useful because of the flexibility itprovides in selecting beads that suit a specific profile.

Small Molecule Screening Methods

The present invention also provides methods to screen a library toidentify molecules that change the profile of a cell to result in adesired result. The methods of multiplex target nucleic acid detectionare particularly useful in methods for drug screening, such as thosedisclosed in U.S. Published Patent Application No. 2004/0009495, whichis hereby incorporated herein in its entirety.

In this method, the effect of a molecule such as a small moleculeprotein, etc. on the expression profile signature is used to identifysmall molecules of interest. For example, one can screen for moleculeswhich alter an expression signature associated with a biological state,such as cancer, such that the expression signature of a sample exposedto the small molecule is altered to more closely resemble the healthystate, i.e. a non-cancerous state. One would look for molecules thatchange the profile of at least 25% of the genes in the profiling to aprofile of the healthy cell. In. other embodiments, one looks formolecules or groups of molecules that result in a change of theexpression profile of at least 30$, at least 40%, at least 50%, at least60%, at least 75%, at least 80%, at least 90% until one gets virtualidentity with the desired state.

In another embodiment, one can also screen from molecules that cause anundesired condition by looking at how an expression profile is changesfrom the desired profile to an undesired profile. The present methodscan also be used to monitor when a patient should get therapy, whattherapy and the effect of that therapy. For example, in pharmacogenomicsapplications and methods, including the use of gene expressionsignatures to predict response to therapy. Such applications can bedeployed on this platform providing a practical (i.e. low cost, highthroughput) mRNA expression based tool to inform treatment decisions orenrollment in clinical trials.

The screening methods may be used for identifying therapeutic agents orvalidating the efficacy of agents. Agents of either known or unknownidentity can be analyzed for their effects on gene expression in cellsusing methods such as those described herein. Briefly, purifiedpopulations of cells are exposed to the plurality of chemical compounds,preferably in an in vitro culture high throughput setting, andoptionally after set periods of time, the entire cell population or afraction thereof is removed and mRNA is harvested therefrom. Any targetnucleic acids, such as mRNAs or microRNAs, are then analyzed forexpression of marker genes using methods such as those described herein.Hybridization or other expression level readouts may be then compared tothe marker gene data. These methods can be used for identifying novelagents, as well as confirming the identity of agents that are suspectedof playing a role in regulation of cellular phenotype.

The methods of the invention allows for subjects to be screened andpotentially characterized according to their ability to respond to aplurality of drugs. For instance, cells of a subject, e.g., cancercells, may be removed and exposed to a plurality of putative therapeuticcompounds, e.g., anti-cancer drugs, in a high throughput manner. Thenucleic acids of the cells may then be screened using the methodsdescribed herein to determine whether marker genes indicative of aparticular phenotype are expressed in the cells. These techniques can beused to optimize therapies for a particular subject. For instance, aparticular anti-cancer therapy may be more effective against aparticular cancer cell from a subject. This could be determined byanalyzing the genes expressed in response to the plurality of compounds.Likewise a therapeutic agent with minimal side effects may be identifiedby comparing the genes expressed in the different cells with a markergene set that is indicative of a phenotype not associated with aparticular side effect. Additionally, this type of analysis can be usedto identify subjects for less aggressive, more aggressive, and generallymore tailored therapy to treat a disorder.

The methods are also useful for determining the effect of multiple drugsor groups of drugs on a cellular phenotype. For instance it is possibleto perform combined chemical genomic screens to identify a synergisticor other combined effect arising from combinations of drugs. One set ofdrugs that induces a first set of marker genes indicative of aphenotype, while another drug induces an second set of marker genes.When the two sets of drugs are combined they may act to achieve acollective phenotypic change, exemplified by a third set of markergenes. Additionally the methods could be used to assess complexmultidrug effects on cell types. For instance, some drugs when used incombination produce a combined toxic effect. It is possible to performthe screen to identify marker genes associated with the toxic phenotype.Existing compounds could be screened for there ability to “trip” thesignal signature of toxic effect, by monitoring the marker genesassociated with the toxic phenotype.

The methods may also be used to enhance therapeutic strategies. Forinstance, oncolytic therapy involves the use of viruses to selectivelylyse cancer cells. A set of marker genes which identify a geneexpression signature favorable to selective viral infection can beidentified. Using this set of marker genes, drugs can be found whichfavor or enable selective viral infectivity in order to enhance thetherapeutic benefit.

Thus, the methods of the invention are useful for screening multiplecompounds. For instance, the methods are useful for screening librariesof molecules, FDA approved drugs, and any other sets of compounds.Preferably the methods are used to screen at least 20 or 30 compounds,and more preferably, at least 50 compounds. In some embodiments, themethods are used to screen more than 96, 384, or 1536 compounds at atime.

In one embodiment, the methods of the invention are useful for screeningFDA approved drugs. An FDA approved drug is any drug which has beenapproved for use in humans by the FDA for any purpose. This is aparticularly useful class of compounds to screen because it represents aset of compounds which are believed to be safe and therapeutic for atleast one purpose. Thus, there is a high likelihood that these drugswill at least be safe and possibly be useful for other purposes. FDAapproved drugs are also readily commercially available from a variety ofsources.

A “library of molecules” as used herein is a series of moleculesdisplayed such that the compounds can be identified in a screeningassay. The library may be composed of molecules having common structuralfeatures which differ in the number or type of group attached to themain structure or may be completely random. Libraries are meant toinclude but are not limited to, for example, phage display libraries,peptides-on-plasmids libraries, polysome libraries, aptamer libraries,synthetic peptide libraries, synthetic small molecule libraries andchemical libraries. Methods for preparing libraries of molecules arewell known in the art and many libraries are commercially available.Libraries of interest include synthetic organic combinatorial libraries.Libraries, such as, synthetic small molecule libraries and chemicallibraries. The libraries can also comprise cyclic carbon or heterocyclicstructure and/or aromatic or polyaromatic structures substituted withone or more functional groups. Libraries of interest also includepeptide libraries, randomized oligonucleotide libraries, and the like.Degenerate peptide libraries can be readily prepared in solution, inimmobilized form as bacterial flagella peptide display libraries or asphage display libraries. Peptide ligands can be selected fromcombinatorial libraries of peptides containing at least one amino acid.Libraries can be synthesized of peptoids and non-peptide syntheticmoieties. Such libraries can further be synthesized which containnon-peptide synthetic moieties which are less subject to enzymaticdegradation compared to their naturally-occurring counterparts.

Small molecule combinatorial libraries may also be generated. Acombinatorial library of small organic compounds is a collection ofclosely related analogs that differ from each other in one or morepoints of diversity and are synthesized by organic techniques usingmulti-step processes. Combinatorial libraries include a vast number ofsmall organic compounds. One type of combinatorial library is preparedby means of parallel synthesis methods to produce a compound array. A“compound array” as used herein is a collection of compoundsidentifiable by their spatial addresses in Cartesian coordinates andarranged such that each compound has a common molecular core and one ormore variable structural diversity elements. The compounds in such acompound array are produced in parallel in separate reaction vessels,with each compound identified and tracked by its spatial address.Examples of parallel synthesis mixtures and parallel synthesis methodsare provided in U.S. Pat. No. 5,712,171 issued Jan. 27, 1998.

One type of library, which is known as a phage display library, includesfilamentous bacteriophage which present a library of peptides orproteins on their surface. Phage display libraries can be particularlyeffective in identifying compounds which induce a desired effect incells. Briefly, one prepares a phage library (using e.g. m13, fd, lambdaor T7 phage), displaying inserts from 4 to about 80 amino acid residuesusing conventional procedures. The inserts may represent, for example, acompletely degenerate or biased array. DNA sequence analysis can beconducted to identify the sequences of the expressed polypeptides. Theminimal linear peptide or amino acid sequence that have the desiredeffect on the cells can be determined. One can repeat the procedureusing a biased library containing inserts containing part or all of theminimal linear portion plus one or more additional degenerate residuesupstream or downstream thereof.

For certain embodiments of this invention, e.g., where phage displaylibraries are employed, a preferred vector is filamentous phage, thoughother vectors can be used. Vectors are meant to include, e.g., phage,viruses, plasmids, cosmids, or any other suitable vector known to thoseskilled in the art. The vector has a gene, native or foreign, theproduct of which is able to tolerate insertion of a foreign peptide. Bygene is meant an intact gene or fragment thereof. Filamentous phage aresingle-stranded DNA phage having coat proteins. Preferably, the genethat the foreign nucleic acid molecule is inserted into is a coatprotein gene of the filamentous phage. Examples of coat proteins aregene III or gene VIII coat proteins. Insertion of a foreign nucleic acidmolecule or DNA into a coat protein gene results in the display of aforeign peptide on the surface of the phage. Examples of filamentousphage vectors which can be used in the libraries are fUSE vectors, e.g.,fUSE1 fUSE2, fUSE3 and fUSE5, in which the insertion is just downstreamof the pill signal peptide. Smith and Scott, Methods in Enzymology217:228-257 (1993).

By recombinant vector it is meant a vector having a nucleic acidsequence which is not normally present in the vector. The foreignnucleic acid molecule or DNA is inserted into a gene present on thevector. Insertion of a foreign nucleic acid into a phage gene is meantto include insertion within the gene or immediately 5′ or 3′ to,respectively, the beginning or end of the gene, such that whenexpressed, a fusion gene product is made. The foreign nucleic acidmolecule that is inserted includes, e.g., a synthetic nucleic acidmolecule or a fragment of another nucleic acid molecule. The nucleicacid molecule encodes a displayed peptide sequence. A displayed peptidesequence is a peptide sequence that is on the surface of, e.g. a phageor virus, a cell, a spore, or an expressed gene product.

In certain embodiments, the libraries may have at least one constraintimposed upon their members. A constraint includes, e.g., a positive ornegative charge, hydrophobicity, hydrophilicity, a cleavable bond andthe necessary residues surrounding that bond, and combinations thereof.In certain embodiments, more than one constraint is present in each ofthe broader sequences of the library.

In addition to the basic libraries, the methods can also be used toscreen combinations of drugs. Thus, more than one type of drug can becontacted with each cell.

In other aspects of the invention, the cells do not necessarily need tobe contacted with any compounds. The cells may be analyzed forphenotypic status based on environmental condition, such as in vivo orin vitro conditions. It is possible to analyze the differentiation stateor tumorigenic state of a cell using the marker gene sets or metagenesof the invention. Thus, a cell may be subjected to conditions in vitroor in vivo and then analyzed for differentiation status.

Additionally, it is possible to screen sets of compounds to identifyparticular dosages effective at producing a phenotypic state in a cell.For instance, one or more drugs could be contacted with the cells at avariety of dosages over a large range. When the level of marker genesexpressed in each of the cells is assessed, it will be possible toidentify an optimum dosage for producing a particular phenotypic stateof the cell. Additionally, if some markers are associated with theproduction of undesirable side effects, such as production of cytotoxicfactors, then an optimum drug, combination of drug or dosage of drug canbe identified using the methods of the invention.

The methods of the invention are useful for assaying the effect ofcompounds on cells or for analyzing the phenotypic status of a cell. Themethods may be used on any type of cell known in the art. For instancethe cell may be a cultured cell line or a cell isolated from a subject(i.e. in vivo cell population). The cell may have any phenotypicproperty, status or trait. For instance, the cell may be a normal cell,a cancer cell, a genetically altered cell, etc.

Cancers include, but are not limited to, basal cell carcinoma, biliarytract cancer; bladder cancer; bone cancer; brain and CNS cancer; breastcancer; cervical cancer; choriocarcinoma; colon and rectum cancer;connective tissue cancer; cancer of the digestive system; endometrialcancer; esophageal cancer; eye cancer; cancer of the head and neck;gastric cancer; intra-epithelial neoplasm; kidney cancer; larynx cancer;leukemia; liver cancer; lung cancer (e.g., small cell and non-smallcell); lymphoma including Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma;melanoma; myeloma; neuroblastoma; oral cavity cancer (e.g., lip, tongue,mouth, and pharynx); ovarian cancer; pancreatic cancer; prostate cancer;retinoblastoma; rhabdomyosarcoma; rectal cancer; renal cancer; cancer ofthe respiratory system; sarcoma; skin cancer; stomach cancer; testicularcancer; thyroid cancer; uterine cancer; cancer of the urinary system, aswell as other carcinomas and sarcomas. Some cancer cells are metastaticcancer cells.

“Normal cells” as used herein refers any cell, including but not limitedto mammalian, bacterial, plant cells, that is a non-cancer cell,non-diseased, or a non-genetically engineered cell. Mammalian cellsinclude but are not limited to mesenchymal, parenchymal, neuronal,endothelial, and epithelial cells.

A “genetically altered cell” as used herein refers to a cell which hasbeen transformed with an exogenous nucleic acid.

Kits

The present invention further concerns kits which contain, in separatepackaging or compartments, the reagents such as adaptors and primersrequired for practicing the detection methods of the invention. Suchkits typically include at least a population of detectable bead sets andpreferably several different primers to generate a population ofdetectably labeled target molecules for detection. Such kits mayoptionally include the reagents required for performing ligationreactions, such as DNA or RNA ligases, PCR reactions, such as DNApolymerase, DNA polymerase cofactors, anddeoxyribonucleotide-5′-triphosphates. Optionally, the kit may alsoinclude various polynucleotide molecules, restriction endonucleases,reverse transcriptases, terminal transferases, various buffers andreagents. Optimal amounts of reagents to be used in a given reaction canbe readily determined by the skilled artisan having the benefit of thecurrent disclosure.

The kits may also include reagents necessary for performing positive andnegative control reactions. Preferably the kits include several targetnucleic acids, in separate vials or tubes, or preferably, a set ofcombined standards comprising at least two different standards in thesame vial or tube with known amount of dried standard nucleic acid(s)with instructions to dilute the sample in a suitable buffer, such asPBS, to a known concentration for use in the quantification reaction.Alternatively, the standard is pre-diluted at a known concentration in asuitable buffer, such as PBS. Suitable buffer can be either suitable forboth for storing nucleic acids and for, e.g., PCR or direct enhancementreactions to enhance the difference between the standard and acorresponding target nucleic acid as described above, or the buffer isjust for storing the sample and a separate dilution buffer is providedwhich is more suitable for the consequent PCR, enhancement andquantification reactions. In a preferred embodiment, all the standardnucleic acids are combined in one tube or vial in a buffer, so that onlyone standard mix can be added to a nucleic acid sample containing thetarget nucleic acid.

The kit also preferably comprises a manual explaining the reactionconditions and the measurement of the amount of target nucleic acid(s)using the standard nucleic acid(s) or a mixture of them and givesdetailed concentrations of all the standards and of the type of buffer.Kits contemplated by the invention include, but are not limited to kitsfor determining the amount of target nucleic acids in a biologicalsample, and kits determining the amount of one or more transcripts thatis expected to be increased or decreased after administration of amedicament or a drug, or as a result of a disease condition such ascancer.

The present invention also provides kits specific for the detection ofparticular gene expression signatures, as described above. For example,a kit containing target specific bead sets for detecting microRNA foruse in determining microRNA expression profiles in samples, includingfor example diagnostic screening kits.

EXAMPLES Example 1 A Bead-Based Gene Expression Signature AnalysisMethod Materials and Methods Cell Culture and RNA Isolation:

HL60 (human promyelocytic leukemia) cells were cultured in RPMI™supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum and antibiotics. Cells weretreated with 1 μM tretinoin (all-trans-retinoic acid; SIGMA-ALDRICH™) indimethylsulfoxide (DMSO; final concentration 0.1%) or DMSO alone forfive days. Total RNA was isolated from bulk cultures with TRIzol Reagent(INVITROGEN™) in accordance with the manufacturer's directions. Cellscultured in microtiter plates were treated with 200 nM tretinoin or DMSOfor two days and prepared for mRNA capture by the addition of LysisBuffer (RNAture).

Microarrays:

Total RNA was amplified and labeled using a modified Eberwine method,the resulting cRNA hybridized to Affymetrix GeneChip HG-U133Aoligonucleotide microarrays, and the arrays scanned in accordance withthe manufacturer's directions. Intensity values were scaled such thatthe overall fluorescence intensity of each microarray was equivalent.Expression values below an arbitrary baseline (20) were set to 20. Thesedata are provided as Tables 5-8.

Gene Selection:

The 9466 probe-sets reporting above baseline were first divided into up-and down-regulated groups by differences in mean expression levelsbetween tretinoin and vehicle treatments. Each of these groups wasfurther divided into three sets of approximately equal size on the basisof the lower mean expression level. The selected basal expressioncategories were 20-60 (low), 60-125 (moderate) and >125 (high).Probe-sets reporting small (1.5-2.5×), medium (3-4.5×) or large (>5×)changes in mean expression level within each basal expression categorywere extracted and ranked by signal to noise ratio. The top five probesmapping to unique RefSeq identifiers according to NetAffx in each of theeighteen categories were selected, populating nine sets of ten genes(Table 2).

Probes and Primers:

Upstream LMA probes were composed (5′ to 3′) of the complement of the T7primer site (TAA TAC GAC TCA CTA TAG GG) (SEQ ID NO: 876), a 24 ntbarcode, and a 20 nt gene-specific sequence. Downstream LMA probes were5′-phosphorylated and contained a 20 nt gene-specific sequence and theT3 primer site (TCC CTT TAG TGA GGG TTA AT) (SEQ ID NO: 877). Barcodesequences were developed by Tm Bioscience and detailed in the FlexMAPMicrospheres Product Information Sheet (LUMINEX™). Gene-specificfragments of LMA probes were designed against the Oligator Human GenomeRefSet keyed by RefSeq identifier. A 40 nt region was manually selectedfrom within these 70 nt sequences to yield two fragments of equal lengthwith roughly similar base composition and juxtaposing nucleotides beingC-G or G-C, where possible. Probe sequences are provided as Table 3.Capture probes contained the complement of the barcode sequences and had5′-amino modification and a C12 linker. The T7 primer (5′-TAA TAC GACTCA CTA TAG GG-3′) (SEQ ID NO: 876) was 5′-biotinylated. The T3 primerhas the sequence 5′-ATT AAC CCT CAC TAA AGG GA-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 878).Oligonucleotides (all with standard desalting) were from Integrated DNATechnologies.

Beads and Bead Coupling:

xMAP Multi-Analyte COOH Microspheres (LUMINEX™) were coupled to captureprobes in a semi-automated microtiter plate format. Approximately2.5×10⁶ microspheres were dispensed to the wells of a V-bottomedmicrotiter plate, pelleted by centrifugation at 1800 g for 3 min, andthe supernatant removed. Beads were resuspended in 25 μl of bindingbuffer [0.1M 2-(N-morpholino)ethanesulfonic acid, pH 4.5] by sonicationand pipetting, and 100 pmol of capture probe added. Two and a half μl ofa freshly prepared 10 mg/ml aqueous solution of1-ethyl-3-[3-dimethylaminopropyl]carbodiimide hydrochloride (Pierce) wasadded, and the plate incubated at room temperature in the dark for 30min. This addition and incubation step was repeated, and 180 μl 0.02%Tween-20 added with mixing. Beads were pelleted by centrifugation, asbefore, and washed sequentially in 180 μl 0.1% SDS and 180 μl TE (pH8.0) with intervening spins. Coupled microspheres were resuspended in 50μl TE (pH 8.0) and stored in the dark at 4° for up to one month. Beadmixes were freshly prepared and contained ˜1.5×10⁵/ml of eachmicrosphere in 1.5×TMAC buffer [4.5 M tetramethylammonium chloride;0.15% N-lauryl sarcosine; 75 mM tris-HCl, pH 8.0; 6 mM EDTA, pH 8.0].The mapping of bead number to capture probe sequence is provided asTable 4.

Ligation-Mediated Amplification (LMA):

Transcripts were captured in oligo-dT coated 384 well plates(GenePlateHT; RNAture) from total RNA (500 ng) in Lysis Buffer (RNAture)or whole cell lysates (20 μl). Plates were covered and centrifuged at500 g for 1 min, and incubated at room temperature for 1 h. Unboundmaterial was removed by inverting the plate onto an absorbent towel andspinning as before. Five μl of an M-MLV reverse transcriptase reactionmix (Promega) containing 125 μM of each dNTP (INVITROGEN™) was added.The plate was covered, spun as before, and incubated at 37° for 90 min.Wells were emptied by centrifugation, as before. Ten fmol of each probewas added in 1×Taq Ligase Buffer (NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS™) (5 μl), theplate covered, spun as before, heated at 95° for 2 min and maintained at50° for 6 h. Unannealed probes were removed by centrifugation, asbefore. Five μl of 1×Taq Ligase Buffer containing 2.5 U Taq DNA ligase(NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS™) was added, the plate covered, spun as before andincubated at 45° for 1 h followed by 65° for 10 min. Wells were emptiedby centrifugation, as before. Fifteen μl of a HotStarTaq DNA Polymerasemix (QIAGEN™) containing 16 μM of each dNTP (INVITROGEN™) and 100 nM ofT3 primer and biotinylated-T7 primer was added. The plate was covered,spun as before, and PCR performed in a THERMO ELECTRON™ MBS 384Satellite Thermal Cycler (initial denaturation of 92° for 9 min; 92° for30 s, 60° for 30 s, 72° for 30 s for 39 cycles; final extension at 72°for 5 min).

Hybridization and Detection:

Fifteen μl of LMA reaction product was mixed with 5 μl TE (pH 8.0) and30 μl of bead mix (˜4500 of each microsphere) in the wells of aThermowell P microtiter plate (Costar). The plate was covered andincubated at 95° for 2 min and maintained at 45° for 60 min. Twenty μlof a reporter mix containing 10 ng/μl streptavidin R-phycoerythrinconjugate (MOLECULAR PROBES™) in 1×TMAC buffer [3 M tetramethylammoniumchloride; 0.1% N-lauryl sarcosine; 50 mM tris-HCl, pH 8.0; 4 mM EDTA, pH8.0] was added with mixing and incubation continued at 45° for 5 min.Beads were analyzed with a LUMINEX™ 100 instrument. Sample volume wasset at 50 μl and flow rate was 60 μl/min. A minimum of 100 events wererecorded for each bead set and median fluorescence intensities (MFI)computed. Expression values for each transcript were corrected forbackground signal by subtracting the MFI of corresponding bead sets fromblank (ie TE only) wells. Values below an arbitrary baseline (5) wereset to 5, and all were normalized against an internal control feature(GAPDH-3′).

k-Nearest-Neighbor (KNN) Classifier:

The IVT-GeneChip data from long duration high dose tretinoin or vehicletreatments were used to train a series of KNN classifiers in the spacesof the full ninety member gene set and each of the nine ten member genecategories. These were applied to the corresponding data from theeighty-eight LMA-FlexMAP test samples whose internal reference feature(GAPDH-3′) was within two standard deviations from the mean. To permitthe cross-platform analysis, both the train and test data sets werenormalized so that each gene had a mean of zero and a standard deviationof one. The KNN algorithm classifies a sample by assigning it the labelmost frequently represented among the k nearest samples. In this case kwas set to 3. The votes of the nearest neighbors were weighted by oneminus the cosine distance. This analysis was performed with theGenePattern software package at world wide web address broad “dot” mit“dot” edu under cancer/software/genepattern.

Results

Measurement of seventy and eight-one transcripts has been shown tooutperform established clinical and histologic parameters in diseaseoutcome prediction for breast cancer (van de Vijver et al., 2002) andfollicular lymphoma (Glas et al., 2005), respectively. Signatures ofsimilar size and comparable prognostic power are sure to follow for awide variety of diseases. A five member gene expression signature hasalso been used successfully in a cell-based small molecule screen foragents inducing the differentiation of human leukemia cells (Stegmaieret al., 2004). The absence of reliance upon prior target identificationmakes gene expression signature screening a powerful new strategy indrug discovery. However, immediate implementation of these and otherimportant medical and pharmaceutical applications of genomics researchis now blocked simply by the absence of a cost-effective gene expressionprofiling solution tailored specifically for the analysis of any featureset of up to one hundred transcripts.

High-density oligonucleotide microarrays (Lockhart et al., 1996) coupledwith RNA amplification and labeling based on in vitro transcription (VanGelder et al., 1990) provide the solution of choice for unbiasedtranscriptome analysis. However, the number and complexity ofmanipulations required, together with the cost of reagents,instrumentation, and the arrays themselves preclude its use for routineclinical and high-throughput applications. Fluorescence mediatedreal-time RT-PCR integrates amplification, labeling and detection Gibsonet al., 1996; Morrison et al., 1998; Tyagi and Fr, 1996) and is idealfor quantitative assessment of individual transcripts. But the absenceof a stable multiplex implementation makes this approach equallyunsuitable for signature analysis. Conventional multiplex RT-PCR issimple and cheap but suffers from low amplification fidelity, not tomention the absence of a convenient way to detect, identify and quantifymultiple amplicons.

Ligation-mediated amplification (LMA), in which two oligonucleotideprobes are annealed immediately adjacent to each other on acomplementary target DNA or RNA molecule and fused together by a DNAligase (Landegren et al., 1988; Nilsson et al., 2000) to yield ansynthetic amplification template (Hsuih et al., 1996), provides hightargeting specificity and, by incorporating universal primer recognitionsequences in fixed length ligation products, maintains targetrepresentation during multiplex PCR. Further, the ability to includedistinct sequence addresses in one of the paired probes allows each ofthe resulting amplicons to be uniquely identified. Two gene expressionprofiling solutions based upon these principles—known as RASL (Yeakleyet al., 2002) and RT-MLPA (Eldering et al., 2003)—each allowing thesimultaneous analysis of around fifty transcripts, have been described.

The LUMINEX™ xMAP technology platform is composed of a basicauto-injecting bench-top two laser flow cytometer and a panel of onehundred sets of carboxylated polystyrene microspheres, each set beingimpregnated with different proportions of two fluorophores, allowingeach bead to be classified on its passage through the flow cell worldwide web address luminexcorp “dot” com. Furnishing bead sets withso-called molecular barcodes (Shoemaker et al., 1996)—short unique DNAsequences with uniform hybridization characteristics—delivers anoptimized universal detection solution for amplicons designed to containcomplementary sequences (Iannone et al., 2000). The simplicity,flexibility, throughput and modest capital and operating costs of theLUMINEX™ system compares very favorably with the self-assembled beadfiber-optic bundle array and capillary electophoresis detection piecesintrinsic to the RASL and RT-RLPA procedures (Eldering et al., 2003;Yeakley et al., 2002). This motivated evaluation of an integratedLMA-FlexMAP gene expression signature analysis solution (FIG. 1). Adetailed description of our method is also available online at worldwide web address broad “dot” mit “dot” edu/cancer.

A ninety member gene expression signature was derived from an unbiasedgenome-wide transcriptional analysis of a cell culture model ofdifferentiation. Total RNA was isolated from HL60 cells followingtreatment with tretinoin or vehicle (DMSO) alone, amplified and labeledby in vitro transcription (IVT), and target hybridized to AffymetrixGeneChip microarrays. Features reporting above threshold were binnedinto three groups of equal size on the basis of expression level. Tentranscripts exhibiting low, moderate and high differential expressionbetween the two conditions were then selected from each bin, populatinga matrix of nine classes (Table 2) representing the diversity ofexpression characteristics.

Probe pairs incorporating unique FlexMAP barcode sequences were designedagainst each of the ninety transcripts (Table 3) and ten aliquots of thetwo original RNA samples were analyzed in this space by LMA-FlexMAP.Following subtraction of background signals, thresholding andnormalization against an internal reference control feature (ie GAPDH),98.5% of data points fell within two fold of their corresponding means(FIG. 2). This compares well with a similar assessment of variabilityfor RASL (Yeakley et al., 2002) and demonstrates the highreproducibility of the method. Most of the variability was accounted forby a single feature (13/38 failures) and two wells (17/38).

There was a poor overall correlation between the mean expression levelsreported by the two platforms (correlation coefficient=0.714).LMA-FlexMAP appears to overestimate transcript levels relative toIVT-GeneChip but to a degree inversely related to absolute level (FIG.3). Estimates of the extent of differential expression reported by oursolution were correspondingly less across the entire feature space, butthere was broad qualitative agreement in this parameter even in the lowbasal and low differential expression classes (FIG. 4). Five probe pairsproduced gross errors, in line with our typical first-pass probe failurerate of 5%. One failure is attributable to ambiguous annotation of themicroarray and another to high background signal. All failure modes cangenerally be remedied by probe redesign. Irrespective, the overallcorrelation of log ratios between the platforms was 0.924, somewhathigher than that reported for a similar comparison betweenoligonucleotide and cDNA microarrays (Yuen et al., 2002). We repeatedthis entire LMA-FlexMAP analysis on two separate occasions with similarresults. The coefficient of variation of mean expression level for eachof the ninety features across all three independent evaluations had amean of 13.8% (maximum of 49.8%), indicating high stability of theplatform.

Next, we applied our method to an idealized gene expression signatureanalysis problem, requiring the ability to diagnose the presence of apredefined biological state in each of a large number of samples. Datawere collected for our ninety gene feature set from ninety-fourmicrotiter well cultures of HL60 cells each treated with eithertretinoin or vehicle alone. Drug concentration and treatment durationwere reduced by 80% and 60%, respectively, to model the sub-maximalsignatures encountered in a small molecule screen. Process time from theadditional of cell lysis buffer to data delivery was sixteen hours, andoverall unit cost was approximately $2. Six wells (6.4%) had internalcontrol features signals more than two standard deviations from the meanand were discarded. This throughput and overall drop out rate istypical.

Although the feature set was designed to represent the diversity ofexpression characteristics rather than to contain the transcripts mosthighly correlated with the distinction, a k-nearest-neighbor (KNN)classifier (Cover and Hart, 1967) trained on the original high dose longduration IVT-GeneChip data delivered 100% classification accuracy forthese low dose short duration samples in the full ninety gene featurespace. Classifiers built in the space of each of the nine ten membergene categories had error rates between 14.8% (medium level, lowdifferential expression) and 0% (high level, high differentialexpression) (Table 1). These results demonstrate both the successfuldeployment of our solution and the advantage of a method with higherlevel multiplexing capability.

Our solution underestimates changes in expression level relative to theindustry-standard high-end state-of-the-art gene expression profilingplatform. However, its impressive classification accuracy in anidealized application indicates that performance can easily besacrificed for throughput in pursuit of a practical gene expressionsignature analysis solution, and bodes well for the rapid deployment ofany legacy signature with minimal or even no optimization. Theassessments reported here also suggest that new signatures designedspecifically for this platform should exploit the full content capacityand avoid transcripts expressed at low or moderate levels with lowdegrees of differential expression. With its simplicity, flexibility,throughput and cost-effectiveness the LMA-FlexMAP method has been atransformative tool in our laboratories whose exploitation forbiological discovery shall be reported elsewhere.

Example 2 A Bead-Based microRNA Expression Profiling Method Materialsand Methods Samples

Details of sample information are available in Table 9. Total RNAs wereprepared from tissues or cell lines using TRIzol (INVITROGEN™, Carlsbad,Calif.), as described (Ramaswamy et al., 2001), and in compliance withIRB protocols. Leukemia bone marrow mononuclear cells were collectedfrom patients treated at ST. JUDE CHILDREN′S RESEARCH HOSPITAL™ and atDANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE™ and their immunophenotype and genotypedetermined as previously described (Ferrando et al., 2002; Yeoh et al.,2002). Normal mouse lung and mouse lung cancer samples were collectedfrom KRasLA1 mice, and genotyped as described (Johnson et al., 2001).Lungs from four- to five-month old mice were inflated withphosphate-buffered saline prior to removal. Individual lung tumors andnormal lungs were dissected and immediately frozen on dry ice before RNApreparation. HL-60 cells were plated at 1.5×10⁵ cell/ml and induced todifferentiate by 1 μM all-trans retinoic acid (SIGMA™, St. Louis, Mo.;in ethanol). Cells were harvested after 1, 3 and 5 days. Culturingconditions for other cells are detailed in Example 3.

miRNA Labelling

Target preparation from total RNA follows the described procedure (Miskaet al., 2004), with modifications. Briefly, two syntheticpre-labeling-control RNA oligonucleotides(5′-pCAGUCAGUCAGUCAGUCAGUCAG-3′ (Seq ID No: 872), and5′-pGACCUCCAUGUAAACGUACAA-3′ (Seq ID No: 873), DHARMACON™, Lafayette,Colo.) were used to control for target preparation efficiency. They wereeach spiked at 3 fmoles per μg total RNA. Small RNAs (18- to26-nucleotide) were recovered from 1 to 10 μg total RNA throughdenaturing polyacrylamide gel purification. Small RNAs wereadaptor-ligated sequentially on the 3′-end and 5′-end using T4 RNAligase (AMERSHAM BIOSCIENCES™, Piscataway, N.J.). Afterreverse-transcription using adaptor-specific primer, products were PCRamplified (95° C. 40 sec, 50° C. 30 sec, 72° C. 30 sec, 18 cycles for 10μg starting total RNA; 3′-primer: 5′-tactggaattcgcggtta-3′ (Seq ID No:874), 5′ primer: 5′-biotin-caacggaattcctcactaaa-3′ (Seq ID No: 875),IDT, Coralville, Iowa). For side-by-side comparison of thebead-detection and the glass-microarray, a 5′-Alexa-532-modified primerwas used for compatibility with the glass-microarray. PCR products wereprecipitated and dissolved in 66 μl TE buffer (10 mM TrisHCl, pH8.0, 1mM EDTA) containing two biotinylated post-labeling-controloligonucleotides (100 fmoles of FVR506, and 25 fmoles PTG20210, seeTable 10).

Bead-Based Detection

miRNA capture probes were 5′-amino-modified oligonucleotides with a6-carbon linker (IDT). Capture probes for miRNAs and controls weredivided into three sets (see Table 10), and each sample was profiled in3 assays on these three probe sets separately. Probes were conjugated tocarboxylated xMAP beads (LUMINEX™ Corporation, Austin, Tex.) in 96-wellplates, following the manufacturer's protocol. For each probe set, 3 μlof every probe-bead conjugate were mixed into 1 ml of 1.5×TMAC (4.5 Mtetramethylammonium chloride, 0.15% sarkosyl, 75 mM Tris-HCl, pH 8.0, 6mM EDTA). Samples were hybridized in a 96-well plate, with two mock PCRsamples (using water as template) in each plate for background control.Hybridization was carried out with 33 μl of the bead mixture and 15 μlof labelled material, at 50° C. overnight. Beads were spun down,resuspended in 1×TMAC containing 10 μg/ml streptavidin-phycoerythrin(MOLECULAR PROBES™, Eugene, Oreg.) and incubated at 50° C. for 10minutes before data acquisition on a LUMINEX™100IS machine. Medianfluorescence intensity values were measured.

Computational Analyses

Profiling data were first scaled according to the post-labeling-controlsand then the pre-labeling-controls, in order to normalize readings fromdifferent probe/bead sets for the same sample, and to normalize for thelabeling efficiency, as detailed in Materials and Methods of Example 3.Data were thresholded at 32 and log₂-transformed. Hierarchicalclustering was performed with average linkage and Pearson correlation.Prior to clustering, data were filtered to eliminate genes withexpression lower than 7.25 (on log₂ scale) in all samples. Next, allfeatures were centered and normalized to a mean of 0 and a standarddeviation of 1. k-Nearest-Neighbor classification of normal vs. tumorwas performed with k=3 in the selected feature space using Euclideandistance measure. Note that different metrics were used for clusteringand normal/tumor classification. Features were selected for thedistinction between all normal samples vs. all tumors (for colon,kidney, prostate, uterus, lung and breast; P<0.05 afterBonferroni-correction). P values were calculated using a variance-fixedt-test with a minimal standard deviation of 0.75, after confounding thetissue types. Multi-class predictions of poorly differentiated tumorswere performed using the probabilistic neural network algorithm, aGaussian-weighted nearest neighbor method. For each test sample, thetissue type that had the highest probability in multipleone-tissue-versus-the-rest predictions was assigned. Feature number andthe Gaussian width were optimized based on leave-one-outcross-validations on the training data set. Features were selected basedon the variance-fixed t-test score, requiring equal number of up- anddown-regulated features. Distances were based on the cosine in theselected feature space.

Expression Data

miRNA expression data have been submitted to GEO at world wide webaddress at ncbi “dot” nih “dot” gov/geo, with a series accession numberof GSE2564. mRNA expression data were published previously (Ramaswamy etal., 2001), and are available together with miRNA expression data atworld wide web address broad “dot” mit “dot” edu under cancer/pub.

Results and Discussion

Much progress has been made over the past decade in developing amolecular taxonomy of cancer (see review Chung et al., 2002). Inparticular, it has become clear that among the ˜22,000 protein-codingtranscripts are mRNAs capable of classifying a wide variety of humancancers (Ramaswamy et al., 2001). Recently, hundreds of small,non-coding miRNAs have been discovered (see review Bartel, 2004). Thefirst identified miRNAs, the products of the C. elegans genes lin-4 andlet-7, play important roles in controlling developmental timing andprobably act by regulating mRNA translation (Ambros and Horvitz, 1984;Lee et al., 1993; Reinhart et al., 200). When lin-4 or let-7 isinactivated, specific epithelial cells undergo additional cell divisionsas opposed to their normal differentiation. Since abnormal proliferationis a hallmark of human cancers, it seemed possible that miRNA expressionpatterns might denote the malignant state. Furthermore, alteredexpression of a few miRNAs has been found in some tumor types (Calin etal., 2002; E is et al., 2005; Johnson et al., 2005; Michael et al.,2003). However, the potential for miRNA expression to inform cancerdiagnosis has not been systematically explored.

To determine the expression pattern of all known miRNAs, we first neededto develop an accurate and inexpensive profiling method. This goal ischallenging, because of the miRNAs' short size (around 21 nucleotides)and the sequence similarity of members of miRNA families. Glass-slidemicroarrays have been used for miRNA profiling (Babak et al., 2004;Barad et al., 2004; Liu et al., 2004; Miska et al., 2004; Nelson et al.,2004; Thomson et al., 2004; Sun et al., 2004), but cross-hybridizationof related miRNAs has been problematic. We therefore developed abead-based profiling method. Oligonucleotide-capture probescomplementary to miRNAs of interest were coupled to carboxylated5-micron polystyrene beads impregnated with variable mixtures of twofluorescent dyes that yield up to 100 colors, each representing a miRNA.Following adaptor ligations utilizing both the 5′-phosphate and the3′-hydroxyl groups of miRNAs (Miska et al., 2004), reverse-transcribedmiRNAs were PCR-amplified using a common biotinylated primer, hybridizedto the capture beads, and stained with streptavidin-phycoerythrin. Thebeads were then analyzed on a flow cytometer capable of measuring beadcolor (denoting miRNA identity) and phycoerythrin intensity (denotingmiRNA abundance) (FIG. 5B).

Bead-based hybridization has the theoretical advantage that it may moreclosely approximate hybridization in solution and as such thespecificity might be expected to be superior to glass microarrayhybridization. Indeed, a spiking experiment involving 11 relatedsequences comparing bead-based detection to microarray-based detectiondemonstrated increased specificity of beads compared to microarrays,even for single base-pair mismatches (FIGS. 6 a, 6 b). In addition, thebead method exhibited linear detection over two logs of expression(Example 3). Eight miRNAs were validated by northern blotting in sevencell lines. In all cases, bead-based detection paralleled the northerndata (FIG. 6 c). These results demonstrate that bead-based miRNAdetection is feasible, having the attractive properties of improvedaccuracy, high speed and low cost. The bead-based detection platformalso provides flexibility in that additional miRNA capture beads can beadded to the mixture, thereby detecting newly discovered miRNAs.

We then set out to determine the expression pattern of all known miRNAsacross a large panel of samples representing a diversity of humantissues and tumor types. While miRNA expression has been previouslyexplored in small sets of tissues (Babak et al., 2004; Barad et al.,2004; Liu et al., 2004; Nelson et al., 2004; Thomson et al., 2004; Sunet al., 2004) or isolated cell types (e.g. chronic lymphocytic leukemiain Calin et al., 2001), the extent of differential expression of miRNAsacross cancers has not been previously determined. Indeed, one might nothave expected that miRNA expression patterns would be informative withrespect to cancer diagnosis, because of the relatively small number ofmiRNAs encoded in the genome. Remarkably, we observed differentialexpression of nearly all miRNAs across cancer types (FIG. 7 a).Moreover, hierarchical clustering of the samples in the space of miRNAsrecapitulated the developmental origin of the tissues. For example,samples of epithelial origin fell on a single branch of the dendrogram,whereas the other major branch was predominantly populated withhematopoietic malignancies.

Furthermore, the miRNAs partitioned tumors within a single lineage. Forexample, we examined the miRNA profiles of 73 bone marrow samplesobtained from patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). As shownin FIG. 7 b, hierarchical clustering revealed non-random partitioning ofthe samples into three major branches: one containing all 5 t(9;22)BCR/ABL positive ALLs and 10 of 11 t(12;21) TEL/AML1 cases, a secondbranch containing 15/19 T-cell ALLs, and a third containing all but oneof the samples with MLL gene rearrangement. These experimentsdemonstrate that even within a single developmental lineage, distinctpatterns of miRNA expression reflecting mechanism of transformation areobservable and further support the notion that miRNA expression patternsencode the developmental history of human cancers.

Among the epithelial samples, those of the gastrointestinal tract wereof particular interest. Samples from colon, liver, pancreas and stomachall clustered together (FIG. 7 a), reflecting their common derivationfrom tissues of embryonic endoderm. That is, the dominant structure inthe space of miRNAs was one of developmental history. In contrast, whenthese samples were profiled in the space of ˜16,000 mRNAs, the coherenceof gut-derived samples was not recovered (FIG. 7 c). This observationmay result from the large amount of noise and unrelated signals that areembedded in the high dimensional mRNA data. Whether or not the miRNAsthat are highly expressed in the gut-associated cluster (miR-192,miR-194, miR-215) play a functional role in the specification of gutdevelopment or gut-derived tumors remains to be investigated.

Having determined that miRNA expression distinguishes tumors ofdifferent developmental origin, we next asked whether miRNAs could beused to distinguish tumors from normal tissues. We previously reportedthat there exist no robust mRNA markers that are uniformlydifferentially expressed across tumors and normal tissues of differentlineages (Ramaswamy et al., 2001). It was therefore striking to observethat despite the fact that some miRNAs are upregulated or unchanged, themajority of the miRNAs (129/217, p<0.05, after correction for multiplehypothesis testing) had lower expression in tumors compared to normaltissues, irrespective of cell type (FIG. 8 a). Importantly, the cancercell lines also showed low miRNA expression relative to normal tissues(FIG. 9).

To exclude any possibility that the differential miRNA expression mightbe related to differences in collection of tumor vs. normal samples, westudied a mouse model of KRas-induced lung cancer (Johnson et al.,2001). We isolated miRNAs from normal lung or lung adenocarcinomas fromindividual mice, thereby precluding any differences in collectionprocedure. Notably, because of miRNA sequence conservation between humanand mouse, the same miRNA capture beads could be used to profile themurine samples. As shown in FIG. 8 b, the same tumor vs. normaldistinction is seen in the mouse. Accordingly, a tumor-normal classifierbuilt on human samples had 100% accuracy when tested in the mouse. Takentogether, these studies indicate that miRNAs are unexpectedly rich ininformation content with respect to cancer.

Our observation that miRNA expression appeared globally higher in normaltissues compared to tumors led to the hypothesis that global miRNAexpression reflects the state of cellular differentiation. To test thishypothesis, we explored an experimental model in which we treated themyeloid leukemia cell line HL-60 with all-trans retinoic acid, a potentinducer of neutrophilic differentiation (Stegmaier et al., 2004). Aspredicted, miRNA profiling demonstrated the induction of many miRNAscoincident with differentiation (FIG. 8 c). In primary humanhematopoietic progenitor cells undergoing erythroid differentiation invitro, we observed a similar increase in miRNA expression occurring at astage in differentiation when the cells continued to proliferate (seeExample 3). These experiments support the hypothesis that global changesin miRNA expression are associated with differentiation, the abrogationof which is a hallmark of all human cancers. These findings are alsoconsistent with the recent observation that mouse embryonic stem cellslacking Dicer, an enzyme required for miRNA maturation, fail todifferentiate normally (Kanellopoulou et al., 2005).

We next turned to a more challenging diagnostic distinction: that oftumors of histologically uncertain cellular origin. It is estimated that2%-4% of all cancer diagnoses represent cancers of unknown origin ordiagnostic uncertainty (see review Pavlidis et al., 2003). To addressthis, we analyzed 17 poorly differentiated tumors whose histologicalappearance alone was non-diagnostic, but whose clinical diagnosis wasestablished by anatomical context, either directly (e.g. a primary tumorarising in the colon) or indirectly (a metastasis of a previouslyidentified primary). A training set of 68 more-differentiated tumorsrepresenting 11 tumor types for which both mRNA and miRNA profiles wereavailable was used to generate a classifier. This classifier was thenused without modification to classify the 17 poorly-differentiated testsamples. As a group, poorly differentiated tumors had lower globallevels of miRNA expression compared to the more-differentiated trainingset samples (FIG. 10), consistent with the notion that miRNA expressionis closely linked to differentiation. Despite this overall low level ofmiRNA expression, the miRNA-based classifier established the correctdiagnosis of the poorly differentiated samples far beyond what would beexpected by chance for an 11-class classifier (12/17 correct;p<5×10⁻¹¹). In contrast, the mRNA-based classifier was highly inaccurate(1/17 correct; p=0.47), as we previously reported (Ramaswamy et al.,2001).

The experiments reported here demonstrate the feasibility and utility ofmonitoring the expression of miRNAs in human cancer. The unexpectedfindings are the extraordinary level of diversity of miRNA expressionacross cancers and the large amount of diagnostic information encoded ina relatively small number of miRNAs. The implication is that, unlikewith mRNA expression, a modest number of miRNAs (˜200 in total) might besufficient to classify human cancers. Moreover, the bead-based miRNAdetection method has the attractive property of being not only accurateand specific but also being easily implementable in a routine clinicalsetting. In addition, unlike mRNAs, miRNAs remain largely intact inroutinely collected, formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded clinical tissues(Nelson et al., 2004). More work is required to establish the clinicalutility of miRNA expression in cancer diagnosis, but the work describedhere indicates that miRNA profiling has unexpected diagnostic potential.The mechanism by which miRNAs are under-expressed in cancer remainsunknown. We did not observe substantive decreases of mRNAs encodingcomponents of the miRNA processing machinery (Dicer, Drosha, Argonaute2,DGCR8 (Cullen, 2004), Example 3), but clearly other mechanisms ofregulating miRNAs are possible.

The findings reported here are consistent with the hypothesis that inmammals, as in C. elegans, miRNAs can function to prevent cell divisionand drive terminal differentiation. An implication of this hypothesis isthat down-regulation of some miRNAs might play a causal role in thegeneration or maintenance of tumors. Epithelial cells affected in C.elegans lin-4 and let-7 miRNA mutants generate a stem-cell-like lineage,dividing to produce daughters that, like themselves, divide rather thandifferentiate (Ambros and Horvitz, 1984; Reinhart et al., 2000). Wespeculate that aberrant miRNA expression might similarly contribute tothe generation or maintenance of “cancer stem cells” recently proposedto be responsible for cancerous growth in both leukemias and solidtumors (Al-Hajj et al., 2003; Lapidot et al., 1994; Reya et al., 2001;Singh et al., 2004).

Example 3 MicroRNA Expression Profiles Classify Human Cancers

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Materials and Methods Cell Culture

HEL, TF-1, PC-3, MCF-7, HL-60, SKMEL-5, 293 and K562 cells were obtainedfrom the AMERICAN TYPE CULTURE COLLECTION™ (ATCC™, Manassas, Va.), andcultured according to ATCC™ instructions. All T-cell ALL cell lines werecultured in RPMIT™ medium supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum.CCRF-CEM and LOUCY cells were obtained from ATCC™. ALL-SIL, HPB-ALL,PEER, TALL1, P12-ICHIKAWA cells were obtained from the German Collectionof Microorganisms and Cell Cultures (DSMZ, Braunschweig, Germany).SUPT11 cells were a kind gift of Dr. Michael Cleary at StanfordUniversity.

Umbilical cord blood was obtained under an IRB approved protocol fromthe Brigham and Women's Hospital. Light-density mononuclear cells wereseparated by Ficoll-Hypaque centrifugation, and CD34⁺ cells (85-90%purity) were enriched using Midi-MACS columns (Miltenyi Biotec, Auburn,Calif.). Erythroid differentiation of the CD34⁺ cells was induced in twostages in liquid culture (Ebert et al., 2005). For the first seven days,cells were cultured in Serum Free Expansion Medium (SFEM, Stem CellTechnologies, Tukwila, Wash.) supplemented with penicillin/streptomycin,glutamine, 100 ng/mL stem cell factor (SCF), 10 ng/mL interleukin-3(IL-3), 1 μM dexamethasone (SIGMA™), 40 μg/ml lipids (SIGMA™), and 3IU/ml erythropoietin (Epo). After 7 days, cells were cultured in thesame medium without dexamethasone and supplemented with 10 IU/ml Epo.For flow cytometry analyses, approximately 1 to 5×10⁵ cells were labeledwith a phycoerythrin-conjugated antibody against glycophorin-A (CD235a,Clone GA-R2, BD-PHARMINGEN™, San Jose, Calif.) and a FITC-conjugatedantibody against CD71 (Clone M-A712, BD-PHARMINGEN™). Flow cytometryanalyses were performed using a FACScan flow cytometer (BECTONDICKINSON™)

Glass-Slide Detection of miRNAs

Glass slide microarrays were spotted oligonucleotide arrays andhybridized as described previously (Miska et al., 2004). Briefly,5′-amino-modified oligonucleotide probes (the same ones as used on thebead platform) were printed onto amide-binding slides (CodeLink,AMERSHAM BIOSCIENCES™). Printing and hybridization were done followingthe slides manufacturer's protocols with the following modifications:oligonucleotide concentration for printing was 20 μM in 150 mM sodiumphosphate, pH 8.5. Printing was done on a MicroGrid TAS II arrayer(BioRobotics) at 50% humidity. Labeled PCR product was resuspended inhybridization buffer (5×SSC, 0.1% SDS, 0.1 mg/ml salmon sperm DNA) andhybridized at 50° C. for 10 hours. Microarray slides were scanned usingan arrayWoRx^(e) biochip reader (APPLIED PRECISION™) and primary datawere analyzed using the Digital Genome System suite (MOLECULARWARE™).

Northern Blot Analysis

Northern blot analyses were carried out as described (Lau et al., 2001).Total RNAs from cell lines were loaded at 10 μg per lane. Blots weredetected with DNA probes complementary for human miR-20, miR-181a,miR-15a, miR-16, miR-17-5p, miR-221, let-7a, and miR-21.

Quantitative RT-PCR

Reverse transcription (RT) reactions were carried out on 50 to 200 ngtotal RNA in 10 μl reaction volumes, using the TAQMAN™ reversetranscription kit (APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS™, Foster City, Calif.) and randomhexamers, following the manufacturer's protocol. RT products werediluted 5-fold in water and assayed using TAQMAN™ Gene Expression Assays(APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS™) in triplicates, on an ABI PRISM 7900HT real-timePCR machine. Efficiency of PCR amplification was determined by 5two-fold-serial-diluted samples from HL-60 cDNA. The TAQMAN™ GeneExpression Assays used are listed in the parentheses. (Dicer1:Hs00998566_m1; Ago2/EIF2C2: Hs00293044_m1; Drosha/RNase3L:Hs00203008_m1; DGCR8: Hs00256062_m1; and eukaryotic 18S rRNA endogenouscontrol)

Data Preprocessing and Quality Control

To eliminate bead-specific background, the reading of every bead forevery sample was first processed by subtracting the average readings ofthat particular bead in the two-embedded mock-PCR samples in each plate.As stated in the Methods, every sample was assayed in three wells. Eachof the three wells contained 94 probes (19 common probes and 75 uniqueones). Out of the 19 common probes are the two pre-labeling controls andthe two post-labeling controls. Quality control was performed as part ofthe preprocessing by requiring that the reading from each control probeexceeds some minimal probe-specific threshold. These thresholds weredetermined by identifying a natural lower cutoff, i.e. a dip, in thedistribution of each control probe. The cutoff values were chosen basedon a set of samples in a pilot study. The lower post-control should begreater than 500 and the higher post-control must exceed 2450. The lowerand higher pre-controls should exceed 1400 and 2000 respectively (afterwell-to-well scaling). In this study, about 70% of the samples passedthe quality control. Note that the above specifications were used onversion 1 of the platform. A similar preprocessing was performed onversion 2 of the platform.

Preprocessing was done in four steps: (i) well-to-well scaling—thereading from each well were scaled such that the total of the twopost-labeling controls, in that well, became 4500 (a median value basedon a pilot study); (ii) sample scaling—the normalized readings werescaled such that total of the 6 pre-labeling controls in each samplereached 27,000 (a median value based on a pilot study); (iii)thresholding at 32 (see below); and (iv) log₂ transformation. Allcontrol probes, as well as a probe (EAM296) which had a high backgroundin the absence of any prepared target, were removed before any furtheranalysis. After eliminating these probes, 217 (255 for version 2 of theplatform) features were left and these were used throughout theanalysis.

Hierarchical Clustering

miRNA expression data first underwent filtering. The purpose of thisfiltering is to remove features which have no detectable expression andthus are uninformative but may introduce noise to the clustering. AmiRNA was regarded as “not expressed” or “not detectable”, if in none ofthe samples, that particular miRNA has an expression value above aminimal cutoff. We applied a cutoff of 7.25 (after data werelog₂-transformed). This cutoff value was determined based on noiseanalyses of target preparation and bead detection (see below and FIG. 12a). In that experiment, the majority of features had a standarddeviation below 0.75 when their mean was over 5 in log₂-transformeddata. Thus we used a cutoff of 3 standard deviations above the minimalexpression level (5+3x0.75=7.25). Any feature that is not expressedunder this criterion was filtered out before clustering. Data were thencentered and normalized for each feature, bringing the mean to 0 and thestandard deviation to 1. This equalizes the contributions of allfeatures. For hierarchical clustering, we used Pearson correlation as asimilarity measure, and used the average-linkage algorithm (Jain et al.,1988) for both the samples and the features.

k-Nearest Neighbor (kNN) Prediction

After feature filtration (described in the hierarchical clustering),marker selection was performed on 187 features. The variance-thresholdedt-test score was used as a measure to score features. A minimal standarddeviation of 0.75 was applied. Markers were searched among the filteredmiRNAs. Nominal P-value was calculated for each feature, by permutingthe class labels of the samples. In order to select features that bestdistinguish tumors from normal samples on all tissue types, i.e. takinginto account the confounding tissue-type phenotype, restrictedpermutations were performed (Good, 2004). In restricted permutations,one shuffles the tumor/normal labels only within each tissue type to getthe distribution under the desired null hypothesis. To achieve accurateestimates for the p-values, 400 times the number of features(400×187=74,800) of iterations were performed. To correct formultiple-hypotheses testing, markers were selected requiring theBonferroni-corrected P-values to be less than 0.05. kNN prediction wasperformed using the kNN module in the GenePattern software, with k=3 anda Euclidean distance measure (GenePattern at ______).

Probabilistic Neural Network (PNN) Prediction

A two-class PNN (Specht, 1990) prediction was calculated based on thefollowing class posterior probability:

${{P\left( c \middle| x \right)} = {\frac{{P\left( x \middle| c \right)}{P(c)}}{\sum_{c^{\prime}}{{P\left( x \middle| c^{\prime} \right)}{P\left( c^{\prime} \right)}}} = \frac{\frac{P(c)}{n_{c}}{\sum_{i:{{\overset{\_}{y}}_{i} \in c}}{\exp \left( {{{- {D\left( {x,y_{i}} \right)}^{2}}/2}\sigma^{2}} \right)}}}{\sum_{c^{\prime}}\left\lbrack {\frac{P\left( c^{\prime} \right)}{n_{c^{\prime}}}{\sum_{i:{{\overset{\_}{y}}_{i} \in c^{\prime}}}{\exp \left( {{{- {D\left( {x,y_{i}} \right)}^{2}}/2}\sigma^{2}} \right)}}} \right\rbrack}}},$

where x is the predicted sample and c is the class for which theposterior probability is calculated. The training set samples are y_(i),n_(c) is the number of samples of class c in the training set, andD(x,y_(i)) is the distance between the predicted sample and trainingsample i. In our case, the sum in the denominator (of c′) is over twoclass values, since we predict a sample either to belong or not tobelong to a specific tissue-type. Note that the first step is derivedusing Bayes rule which allows to incorporate a prior probability foreach class, P(c). We used a uniform prior over all 11 tissue-types whichtranslated to 1/11 for being in a certain type and 10/11 for not beingin that type. We did not use the tissue-type frequencies in the trainingset since they likely do not represent the frequencies of differenttumors in the general population.

Multi-class prediction using PNN was achieved by breaking down thequestion into multiple one vs. the rest (OVR) predictions. To performPNN OVR two-class classification, we built a model based on the trainingset. This model has two parameters: the number of features used, and σ(the standard deviation of the Gaussian kernel which is used tocalculate the contribution of each training sample to theclassification). The optimal parameters (for each OVR classifier) wereselected using a leave-one-out cross-validation procedure from allpossible parameter-pairs in which the number of features ranges from 2to 30 in steps of 2 and σ takes the values from 1 to 4 times the mediannearest neighbor distance, in steps of 0.5 (a total number of 105combinations). The best model was determined by (i) the fewest number ofleave-one-out errors on the training set, which include bothfalse-positive and false-negative errors with the same weight, and (ii)among all conditions with the same error rate, the parameters that gaverise to the maximal mean log-likelihood of the training set wereselected. The mean log-likelihood is defined as

${L\left\lbrack {\left\{ x_{i} \right\};M} \right\rbrack} = {\frac{1}{\# \mspace{14mu} {of}\mspace{14mu} {training}\mspace{14mu} {examples}}{\sum_{i}{\log \left( {P_{M}\left( c_{i} \middle| x_{i} \right)} \right)}}}$

where c_(i) is the true class of sample x_(i) and the probability isevaluated using the model M. The top n features were selected using thevariance-thresholded t-test score in a balanced manner; n/2 featureswith the top positive scores and n/2 features with most negative scores.The cosine distance measure was used; D(x,y_(i))=1−cosine(x,y_(i)).

P-Value Calculation for the Number of Correct Classifications

A Binomial distribution was used to calculate the probability to obtainat least the number of correct classifications (on the test set) as weobserved. Assuming a random classifier would predict the tissue-typerandomly with a uniform distribution over the 11 possible outcomes, theprobability of a correct classification is 1/11. This is applicable tothe PNN prediction, in which the background frequency of each tissuetype was assumed to be 1/11. The p-value is, therefore, the tail of theBinomial distribution from the observed number of correctclassifications, s, to the total number of samples in the test set, n:

${P - {value}} = {\sum\limits_{t = s}^{n}{\begin{pmatrix}n \\t\end{pmatrix}{p^{t}\left( {1 - p} \right)}^{n - t}}}$

where p is one over the number of tissue-types (1/11, in our case) and tis the number of correct classification which goes from the observednumber, s, to the maximum of possible correct samples n.

Results and Discussion

Development of a Bead-Based miRNA Profiling Platform

Compared with glass-based microarrays, bead-based profiling solutionshave the advantages of higher sample throughput and liquid phasehybridization kinetics, while having the disadvantage of lower featurethroughput. For the genomic analysis of miRNA expression, thisdisadvantage is negligible because of the relative small number ofidentified miRNAs. Since new miRNAs are still being discovered, theflexibility and ease of these “liquid chips” to introduce new featuresis of particular value.

We developed a bead-based miRNA profiling platform, as detailed in theMethods section. Version 1 of this platform (used for most samples inthis study) covers 164 human, 185 mouse, and 174 rat miRNAs, accordingto Rfam 5.0 miRNA registry database (Ambros et al., 2003;Griffiths-Jones, 2004). Version 2 of this platform (used for the acutelymphoblastic leukemia study and the erythroid differentiation study)covers additional 24 human, 13 mouse and 2 rat miRNAs (refer to Table 10for details).

This profiling platform is compatible in theory with any miRNA labelingmethod that labels the sense strand. For our study, we followed onedescribed by Miska et al., 2004 that labels mature miRNAs throughadaptor ligation, reverse-transcription and PCR amplification. Wereasoned that the amplification step will allow future use of theselabeled materials, which were from precious clinical samples. Definedamounts of synthetic artificial miRNAs were added into each sample oftotal RNAs as pre-labeling controls. This allows us to normalize theprofiling data according to the starting amount of total RNA, usingreadings from capture probes for these synthetic miRNAs (see Methods fordetails). This contrasts the use of total feature intensity to normalizethe readings of different samples; the hidden assumption of the latteris that the total miRNA expression is the same in all samples, which maynot be true considering the small known number of miRNAs.

We analyzed the variation caused by labeling and detection usingrepetitive assays of the same RNA samples of a few cell lines originatedfrom different tissues; these cell lines have different miRNA profiles.We plotted the standard deviation of each probe versus its means, afterthe data were log₂-transformed (FIG. 12 a). The variations are large forlow means, and decrease and stabilize with increasing means. For mostmeasured features with mean above 5 (32 before log₂-transformation), thestandard deviation is below 0.75. This value of mean provides a goodcutoff for a lower threshold of the data, which was thus used in thisstudy.

We compared the data from expression profiles and northern blots on apanel of 7 cell lines; the same quantities of the same starting totalRNAs were used for both analyses. We picked eight miRNAs that areexpressed in any of these cell lines and that show differentialexpression according to the expression profiles, and probed them withnorthern blots. All eight display good concordance between the twoassays (FIG. 6 c), indicating that our profiling platform has goodaccuracy.

We next examined the linearity of profiling (both labeling anddetection) by measuring a series of starting materials, covering 0.5 μgto 10 μg of total RNAs from HEL cells. Most miRNAs report good linearityup to 3500 median fluorescence intensity readings (after normalizationwith pre-labeling-controls, FIG. 12 b). Taken together with thethreshold level of 32, the profiling method has roughly 100-fold ofdynamic range.

One common issue that affects hybridization-based analyses for miRNAs isthe specificity of detection, since many miRNAs are closely-related onthe sequence level. To assess the specificity of detection, wesynthesized oligonucleotides corresponding to the reverse-transcriptionproducts of adaptor-ligated miRNAs, in this case the human let-7 familyof miRNAs and a few artificial mutants. The sequences for theseoligonucleotides are in Table 11, and the alignment of human let-7miRNAs and mutant sequences are listed in Table 12. They were thenlabeled through PCR using the same primer sets. This provides acollection of sequence-pairs that differ by one, two, or a fewnucleotides (FIG. 11 and Table 12). Results are presented in Example 2and in FIGS. 6 a,b.

Hierarchical Clustering of Multiple Cancer and Normal Samples

We applied this miRNA profiling platform for 140 human cancer specimens,46 normal human tissues, and various cell lines. The collection ofsamples covers more than ten tissues and cancer types. This collectionwas referred to as miGCM (for miRNA Global Cancer Map). We firstexamined the miRNA expression profiles to see whether we can detectpreviously reported tissue-restricted expression of miRNAs. Indeed, weobserved tissue-restricted expression patterns. For example, miR-122a, areported liver-specific miRNA (Lagos-Quintana et al., 2002), isexclusively expressed in the liver samples, whereas miR-124a, abrain-specific miRNA (Lagos-Quintana et al., 2002), is abundantlyexpressed in the brain samples.

We performed hierarchical clustering on this data set, as described inthe Methods. Hierarchical clustering is an unsupervised analysis toolthat captures internal relationship between the samples. It organizesthe samples (or features) into a tree structure (a dendrogram) accordingto the similarity between the samples (or the features). Close pairs ofsamples (ones with similar expression profiles) will generally beconnected in the dendrogram at an earlier phase, while samples withlarger distances (with less similar expression profiles) will beconnected at a later phase (details can be found in Duda et al., 2000).The detailed result of hierarchical clustering on both the samples andfeatures using correlation metrics is presented in FIG. 7 a and FIG. 9.

Comparison of miRNA and mRNA Clustering in Regard to GI Samples

After finding that the gastrointestinal tract samples were clusteredtogether (Example 2 and FIG. 7 a), we asked whether or not thisstructure is similarly displayed by clustering in the mRNA space. Wetook 89 epithelial samples that have both successful mRNA and miRNAprofiling data, and subjected them to hierarchical clustering. Both dataunderwent identical gene filtering, i.e. a lower threshold filter toeliminate genes that do not have expression values over 7.25 (on log₂scale) in any sample, and underwent the same clustering procedure. Thisgene filtering resulted in 195 miRNAs and 14546 mRNAs. Data werepresented in the main text, FIG. 7 c and FIG. 13. Results show that themRNA clustering does not recover the coherence of GI samples, asidentified in the miRNA expression space. Of note, the exact outcome ofhierarchical clustering is dependent on the collection of samplespresent for analysis. Consequently, the cluster of the GI samples inmiRNA clustering in FIG. 7 c is slightly different from that of FIG. 7a, since the latter comprises of many more samples.

In order to test whether the lack of coherence of GI samples in the mRNAclustering is sensitive to the choice of genes that were used torepresent each sample, we tested two additional gene filtering methods.First, we used a variation filter as was performed in Ramaswamy et al.,2001 (lower threshold of 20, upper threshold of 16000, the maximum valueis at least 5 fold greater than the minimum value, and the maximum valueis more than 500 greater than the minimum value), which yielded 6621genes. Second, we examined only transcription factors, a set of generegulators as are miRNAs. We took the genes that passed the abovevariation filter and that are also annotated with transcription factoractivity in the Gene Ontology (GO:0003700). This resulted in 220transcription factors as listed in the Table 13. Similar to theminimum-expression filter on the mRNA data, these two gene selectionmethods yielded clustering by tissue types to a certain degree. However,none recovered the gut coherence (FIG. 13). This indicated either thatthe miRNA space contains some different information from the mRNA spaceor that in the mRNA space, the gut signal is masked by other signals ornoise. Importantly, a set of transcription factors did not mimic miRNAsin this test, suggesting the difference is not solely due to the generegulator nature of miRNAs.

Normal/Tumor Classifier and kNN Prediction of Mouse Lung Samples

In order to build a classifier of normal samples vs. tumor samples basedon the miGCM collection, we first picked tissues that have enough normaland tumor samples (at least 3 in each class). Table 14 summarizes thetissues for this analysis.

kNN (Duda et al., 2000) is a predicting algorithm that learns from atraining data set (in this case, the above samples from the miGCM dataset) and predicts samples in a test data set (in this case, the mouselung sample set). A set of markers (features that best distinguishes twoclasses of samples, in this case, normal vs. tumor) was selected usingthe training data set. Distances between the samples were measured inthe space of the selected markers. Prediction is performed, one testsample at a time, by: (i), identifying the k nearest samples (neighbors)of the test sample among the training data set; and (ii) assigning thetest sample to the majority class of these k samples.

We first selected markers that best differentiate the normal and tumorsamples (see Materials and Methods above) out of the 187 features thatpassed the filter (which was applied on the training set alone). Thisgenerated a list of 131 markers that each has a p-value<0.05 afterBonferroni correction; 129/131 markers are over-expressed in normalsamples, whereas 2/131 are over-expressed in the tumor samples. Table 15lists these markers.

These 131 markers were used without modification to predict the 12 mouselung samples using the k-nearest neighbor algorithm. Each mouse samplewas predicted separately, using log₂ transformed mouse and humanexpression data. The tumor/normal phenotype prediction of a mouse samplewas based on the majority type of the k nearest human samples using thechosen metric in the selected feature space. Since the tumor/normaldistinction was observed at the raw miRNA expression levels, we decidedto use Euclidean distance to measure the distances between samples.Thus, we performed kNN with the Euclidean distance measure and k=3,resulting in 100% accuracy. The detailed prediction results areavailable in Table 16. Similar classification results were obtained withother kNN parameters, with the exception of one mouse tumor T_MLUNG_(—)5(3rd column from right in FIG. 12 b). This sample was occasionallyclassified as normal, for example, when using cosine distance measure(k=3). It should be pointed out that cosine distance captures less anoverall shift in expression levels compared to Euclidean distance. Itrather focuses on comparing the relationships among the different miRNAsSo it appears that the same miRNA data capture different informationwith different distance metrics; Pearson correlation capturesinformation about the lineage (as seen in clustering results), andEuclidean distance captures the normal/tumor distinction.

Differentiation of HL-60 Cells

One hypothesis for the global decrease of miRNA expression in tumors(FIG. 7 a, FIGS. 8 a,b) is that many miRNAs are upregulated duringdifferentiation. We examined an in vitro differentiation system, thedifferentiation of HL-60 acute myeloblastic leukemia cells. HL-60 cellsdifferentiate with increasing neutrophil characteristics upon treatmentwith all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) during a course of 5 days (Stegmaieret al., 2004). We found 59 miRNAs commonly expressed (see Materials andMethods for the definition of “expressed”) in three independentexperiments of HL-60 cells with or without ATRA treatment. These 59miRNAs are shown in Table 17. A heatmap is shown in FIG. 8 c, reflectingaverages of successfully profiled same condition samples. Resultsindicate increased expression of many miRNAs after 5 days ofATRA-induced differentiation (5d+). Since HL-60 is a cancerous cellline, this result supports the hypothesis that the global miRNAdownregulation in cancer is related to differentiation. Whether or notthe observed global miRNA expression change is associated with certainwindows of differentiation needs further investigation.

Erythroid Differentiation of Primary Hematopoietic Cells In Vitro

We profiled the expression of miRNAs during erythroid differentiation invitro to ask whether the increase in miRNA expression observed in thedifferentiation of HL-60 cells also occurs in primary cells. Theaccessibility of normal hematopoietic progenitor cells and the abilityto recapitulate erythropoiesis in vitro provide a model to study normaldifferentiation. We purified CD34⁺ hematopoietic progenitor cells fromumbilical cord blood. Erythroid differentiation was induced in vitrousing a two phase liquid culture system. The state of differentiation ofcultured cells was monitored every other day by evaluating expression ofCD71 and glycophorin A (Gly-A) (FIG. 14 b). CD71 expression increasesearly in erythroid differentiation and gradually decreases in terminalerythroid differentiation. Gly-A expression increases later inerythropoiesis and remains elevated through terminal differentiation. Asin HL60 cells, the expression of many miRNAs increased duringdifferentiation (FIG. 14 c). Unlike HL-60 cells, the erythroid cellscontinued to proliferate at the time points when miRNA expressionincreased (FIG. 14 a). This suggests that proliferation itself, which isoften integrally linked to differentiation, cannot account completelyfor the increased miRNA expression during differentiation.

Analyzing Tissue Samples Using an mRNA Proliferation Signature

It is conceivable that differences in cellular proliferation, oftenintegrally linked to differentiation, may contribute to the global miRNAsignals. We asked whether the miRNA global expression differences amongsamples are merely a consequence of their differences in proliferationrates. To estimate the proliferation rates in tissue samples, weassembled a consensus mRNA signature of proliferation, reported topositively correlate with proliferation or mitotic index in breasttumors, lymphomas and HeLa cells (Alizadeh et al., 2000; Perou et al.,2000; Whitfield, et al., 2002). Table 18 summarizes this list.

We first asked whether the mRNA proliferation signature reflectsproliferation rates in our samples. Indeed, we noticed that the meanexpression of these mRNAs is higher in tumors than normal tissues (FIG.15), reflecting faster proliferation rates in tumor samples.

Next, we examined in the tumor samples the expression of the mRNAproliferation signature. We focused on lung and breast, two tissues thatwe have sufficient numbers of poorly differentiated tumors and moredifferentiated tumors. It is important to point out that poorlydifferentiated tumors have globally lower miRNA expression than moredifferentiated tumors. However, we did not observe any difference in themRNA proliferation signature between these two categories of samples(FIG. 15). This result also suggests that the global miRNA expression isunlikely to be solely dependent on proliferation rates.

RT-PCR Analyses of Genes Involved in miRNA Machinery

One possible mechanism of the observed global miRNA expressiondifference between normal samples and tumors is changes in expressionlevels of miRNA processing enzymes. In lung cancer, Dicer levels werereported to correlate with prognosis (Karube et al., 2005). We decidedto examine Dicer1, Drosha, DGCR8 and Argonaute 2 (Ago2), which arecritical in miRNA processing (Tomari et al., 2005). Lacking probe setsrepresenting these genes in our mRNA data, we used quantitative RT-PCRand analyzed 79 samples (32 normal samples and 47 tumors, covering 8tissues, including colon, breast, uterus, lung, kidney, pancreas,prostate and bladder). We normalized the quantitative PCR data with 18SrRNA levels. We performed Student's t-test (two-tail, unequal variance)for normal/tumor phenotypes on all samples examined (P=0.3 for Dicer1,P=0.11 for Drosha, P=0.0011 for DGCR8, P=0.0138 for Ago2). DGCR8 andAgo2 have significant nominal p-values under the above test. However,the fold differences of DGCR8 and Ago2 are small between tumors andnormal samples (tumor samples have higher mean threshold cycle (Ct)values for these two genes; the mean Ct differences between normal andtumor samples are: 0.776 for DGCR8 and 0.798 for Ago2, corresponding to1.7-fold and 1.5-fold absolute level differences respectively, aftercorrection for PCR amplification efficiency). Whether or not theobserved weak decreases on the transcript level may account for thedifferences in miRNA expression needs further investigation. It is alsoimportant to note that these results do not exclude the possibility thatthese miRNA machinery genes are involved in regulating tumor/normalmiRNA expression in certain cancer types, or are regulated on theprotein and activity levels.

Analyses of Poorly Differentiated Tumors

We first set out to determine whether poorly differentiated tumors showa globally weaker miRNA expression than tumor samples in the miGCMcollection, which represent more differentiated states. To this end, wemade a comparison of poorly differentiated tumors to more differentiatedtumors of the corresponding tissue types. The analysis was performed on180 features, after the data were filtered to eliminate non-expressingmiRNAs on the 55 samples which belong to tissue types that have bothmore-differentiated and poorly-differentiated samples (see thehierarchical clustering section in Supplementary Methods for datafiltration). FIG. 10 shows that poorly differentiated tumors indeed haveglobally lower miRNA expression. Out of the 180 features, 95 miRNAsdisplay lower mean expression levels in poorly differentiated tumors(p<0.05 with a variance-thresholded t-test).

We used PNN for prediction of tissue origin of poorly differentiatedtumors. PNN is a probability based prediction algorithm and can beconsidered as a smooth version of kNN. For a multi-class prediction, PNNavoids the ambiguity often encountered with kNN, when multiple trainingclasses are equally presented in the k nearest neighbors of a testsample. For a two-class classification problem, PNN assigns aprobability for a test sample to be classified into one of the twoclasses. The contribution of each training sample to the classificationof a test sample is related to their distance and follows the Gaussiandistribution: the closer the test sample, the larger the contribution.The probability for a test sample to belong to a certain class is thetotal contribution from every training sample belonging to that class,divided by the total contributions of all training samples (seeMaterials and Methods for more details).

For the prediction of poorly differentiated tumors, the training sampleset consists of 68 tumor samples with both miRNA and mRNA profilingdata, covering 11 tissue types. The test set contains 17 poorlydifferentiated tumors. Table 19 summarizes the information on the 17poorly differentiated tumors. To solve this multi-class predictionproblem, we broke down the task into 11 two-class predictions. Eachtwo-class prediction assigns a probability for a test sample to belongto a certain tissue-type vs. the rest of the tissue-types (one vs. therest, OVR), for example, colon vs. non-colon. After performing OVRclassifications for all 11 tissues, the one tissue-type that receivesthe highest probability marks the predicted tissue type. The predictionresults are summarized in Table 20.

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TABLE 1 Classification Accuracy. differential expression 1.5-2.5×3-4.5× >5× basal 20-60  12.5 2.3 2.3 expression 60-125 14.8 1.1 5.7level >125 1.1 1.1 0Error rates (%) of a k-nearest-neighbor classifier trained onIVT-GeneChip data to predict the true identity (tretinoin or DMSO) ofeighty-eight test samples in the space of each of the nine gene classesfrom FIG. 4.

TABLE 2 Gene Selection mean expression log10 signal to Affymetrix evelfold (fold standard deviation noise ID RefSeq ID(s) DMSO tretinoinchange change) DMSO tretinoin ratio basal expression level 20-60 unitsfold change 1.5-2.5 200721_s_at NM_005736 51.20 81.30 1.59 0.20 1.051.37 12.47 210944_s_at NM_000070 52.48 130.88 2.49 0.40 3.88 3.84 10.15NM_024344 NM_173087 NM_173088 NM_173089 NM_173090 NM_212464 NM_212465NM_212467 218282_at NM_018217 46.40 78.77 1.70 0.23 2.78 0.52 9.79218327_s_at NM_004782 52.94 128.96 2.44 0.39 5.00 3.26 9.20 202946_s_atNM_014962 27.21 59.36 2.18 0.34 2.50 1.58 7.87 NM_181443 203064_s_atNM_004514 124.55 50.66 2.46 0.39 4.95 1.00 12.43 NM_181430 NM_181431208896_at NM_006773 114.16 46.90 2.43 0.39 4.71 2.17 9.77 205176_s_atNM_014288 110.04 58.77 1.87 0.27 4.05 1.88 8.65 213761_at NM_01744097.62 43.75 2.23 0.35 6.15 1.37 7.17 NM_020128 209054_s_at NM_007331103.36 58.15 1.78 0.25 3.70 2.78 6.97 NM_014919 NM_133330 NM_133331NM_133332 NM_133333 NM_133334 NM_133335 NM_133336 fold change 3-4.5212467_at NM_173823 40.63 125.08 3.08 0.49 0.69 3.21 21.68 205128_x_atNM_000962 58.26 249.54 4.28 0.63 11.31 2.21 14.14 NM_080591 214544_s_atNM_003825 43.98 136.04 3.09 0.49 6.06 1.59 12.03 NM_130798 217783_s_atNM_016061 51.52 214.96 4.17 0.62 6.70 7.03 11.90 204417_at NM_00015346.08 163.45 3.55 0.55 4.18 7.57 9.98 202557_at NM_006948 113.75 30.103.78 0.58 5.27 1.27 12.79 208433_s_at NM_004631 168.09 49.49 3.40 0.539.79 3.58 8.87 NM_017522 NM_033300 203362_s_at NM_002358 218.12 52.854.13 0.62 15.89 3.67 8.45 208962_s_at NM_013402 165.07 37.06 4.45 0.658.70 7.42 7.94 203627_at NM_000875 111.98 35.96 3.11 0.49 6.82 3.90 7.09NM_015883 fold change >5 207111_at NM_001974 39.97 287.27 7.19 0.86 2.284.89 34.51 205786_s_at NM_000632 51.38 331.91 6.46 0.81 7.15 4.53 24.01212412_at NM_006457 47.38 242.16 5.11 0.71 6.38 4.85 17.34 204446_s_atNM_000698 50.70 563.72 11.12 1.05 5.18 26.90 15.99 210724_at NM_03257126.85 278.89 10.39 1.02 1.98 17.05 13.24 NM_152939 210254_at NM_006138500.13 43.80 11.42 1.06 11.55 3.22 30.90 212563_at NM_015201 189.5530.71 6.17 0.79 1.90 3.97 27.08 204538_x_at NM_006985 298.36 28.02 10.651.03 12.03 4.11 16.76 221539_at NM_004095 622.12 51.77 12.02 1.08 18.1420.13 14.90 222036_s_at NM_005914 243.17 44.11 5.51 0.74 18.70 5.26 8.31NM_182746 basal expression level 60-125 units fold change 1.5-2.5201779_s_at NM_007282 121.10 297.22 2.45 0.39 2.64 11.71 12.27 NM_183381NM_183382 NM_183383 NM_183384 211067_s_at NM_003644 122.85 267.79 2.180.34 8.26 5.49 10.54 NM_005890 NM_201432 NM_201433 202923_s_at NM_00149863.33 145.68 2.30 0.36 4.04 4.23 9.96 204295_at NM_003172 123.97 211.171.70 0.23 5.99 3.85 8.86 207629_s_at NM_004723 103.61 177.50 1.71 0.235.56 2.82 8.82 217850_at NM_014366 291.05 119.42 2.44 0.39 2.98 4.5422.82 NM_206825 NM_206826 203315_at NM_001004720 121.02 61.68 1.96 0.290.66 2.06 21.78 NM_001004722 NM_003581 218607_s_at NM_018115 160.9096.30 1.67 0.22 1.92 4.54 9.99 209511_at NM_021974 127.46 83.32 1.530.18 2.55 1.92 9.87 221699_s_at NM_024045 189.21 93.24 2.03 0.31 4.495.34 9.77 fold change 3-4.5 202902_s_at NM_004079 65.75 262.67 3.99 0.608.96 3.98 15.22 201413_at NM_000414 77.30 335.21 4.34 0.64 10.18 8.5213.79 212135_s_at NM_001001396 92.80 332.51 3.58 0.55 2.52 14.99 13.69NM_001684 208485_x_at NM_003879 60.99 214.30 3.51 0.55 7.62 5.12 12.04201565_s_at NM_002166 105.04 340.67 3.24 0.51 6.80 12.79 12.03208581_x_at NM_005952 305.95 93.48 3.27 0.51 10.39 2.12 16.98 201890_atNM_001034 352.52 104.62 3.37 0.53 13.89 2.55 15.08 201516_at NM_003132428.63 113.75 3.77 0.58 19.76 2.03 14.45 221652_s_at NM_018164 280.8678.45 3.58 0.55 13.83 3.01 12.02 212282_at NM_014573 300.99 96.70 3.110.49 11.04 8.12 10.66 fold change >5 209030_s_at NM_014333 114.633138.68 27.38 1.44 8.58 21.28 101.28 200701_at NM_006432 101.26 992.649.80 0.99 5.45 8.88 62.17 209949_at NM_000433 64.04 431.32 6.74 0.835.21 3.41 42.63 202838_at NM_000147 98.39 1727.68 17.56 1.24 17.24 66.3919.48 211506_s_at NM_000584 91.45 598.35 6.54 0.82 4.81 24.33 17.40201013_s_at NM_006452 645.25 105.67 6.11 0.79 2.52 4.11 81.40 201930_atNM_005915 633.11 107.33 5.90 0.77 4.02 10.80 35.48 204351_at NM_0059801257.67 72.27 17.40 1.24 36.81 20.07 20.84 200790_at NM_002539 949.56101.20 9.38 0.97 63.91 4.53 12.40 202887_s_at NM_019058 508.55 89.105.71 0.76 31.95 14.40 9.05 basal expression level >125 units fold change1.5-2.5 200077_s_at NM_004152 2228.65 3478.72 1.56 0.19 36.65 7.31 28.43207320_x_at NM_004602 159.09 243.61 1.53 0.19 4.33 0.65 16.96 NM_017452NM_017453 NM_017454 208641_s_at NM_006908 125.43 286.94 2.29 0.36 1.617.94 16.91 NM_018890 NM_198829 213867_x_at NM_001101 6437.29 10848.751.69 0.23 107.58 169.49 15.92 204158_s_at NM_006019 183.26 446.89 2.440.39 3.84 12.91 15.74 NM_006053 200691_s_at NM_004134 450.19 188.06 2.390.38 10.10 6.16 16.12 201077_s_at NM_001003796 675.17 379.69 1.78 0.2511.15 7.98 15.45 NM_005008 217810_x_at NM_020117 352.53 218.24 1.62 0.215.20 3.67 15.14 200792_at NM_001469 940.53 580.29 1.62 0.21 23.54 5.1712.55 218140_x_at NM_021203 400.95 197.86 2.03 0.31 8.19 8.61 12.09 foldchange 3-4.5 210908_s_at NM_002624 857.33 2675.14 3.12 0.49 20.67 51.5725.16 NM_145896 NM_145897 201460_at NM_004759 142.58 473.41 3.32 0.524.71 9.73 22.92 NM_032960 203470_s_at NM_002664 167.89 689.86 4.11 0.613.62 23.36 19.34 202803_s_at NM_000211 558.85 2149.86 3.85 0.59 30.2961.10 17.41 209124_at NM_002468 168.56 687.89 4.08 0.61 7.63 22.94 16.99201892_s_at NM_000884 1690.72 556.27 3.04 0.48 43.73 15.45 19.17200647_x_at NM_003752 2203.38 717.78 3.07 0.49 84.31 29.06 13.10218512_at NM_018256 458.15 145.51 3.15 0.50 13.13 10.86 13.03209932_s_at NM_001948 783.00 248.26 3.15 0.50 15.57 29.24 11.93200650_s_at NM_005566 1944.97 593.69 3.28 0.52 90.23 31.23 11.13 foldchange >5 217733_s_at NM_021103 637.96 3221.75 5.05 0.70 33.65 82.8522.18 210592_s_at NM_002970 157.29 1070.71 6.81 0.83 11.56 37.71 18.54204122_at NM_003332 456.11 3465.79 7.60 0.88 14.27 154.50 17.83NM_198125 204232_at NM_004106 200.54 1713.24 8.54 0.93 14.01 80.44 16.02216598_s_at NM_002982 132.79 5147.99 38.77 1.59 27.61 322.89 14.31204798_at NM_005375 877.47 132.27 6.63 0.82 20.74 14.06 21.41 203949_atNM_000250 2732.30 170.06 16.07 1.21 148.73 13.39 15.80 202107_s_atNM_004526 696.44 137.07 5.08 0.71 48.08 4.62 10.61 211951_at NM_004741752.52 135.10 5.57 0.75 42.57 19.86 9.89 202431_s_at NM_002467 2723.42174.53 15.60 1.19 381.41 6.76 6.57

TABLE 3 Probe Sequences signature genes: upstream probe downstream probeAffymetrix ID RefSeq ID RefSet ID FlexMAP ID sequence sequence200721_s_at NM_005736 HG_010_01195 LUA#1 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGCTTT seq 1CCCAGTGTACTGAAATAA seq 91 AATCTCAATCAATACAAATCAACC id AGTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTid ACATTGCCTGGTGGGG no: TAAT no: 210944_s_at NM_000070 HG_010_18277LUA#2 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGCTTT seq 2 GACGCAGGATTCCACCTC seq 92ATCAATACATACTACAATCAAGAT id AATCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id GCGAAATGCAGTCAAC no:TAAT no: 218282_at NM_018217 HG_010_21926 LUA#3 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGTACAseq 3 CATTACTGGGACAGGTTT seq 93 CTTTATCAAATCTTACAATCGCCC idTCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id TTCACCTCCAAGTTGG no: TAAT no: 218327_s_atNM_004782 HG_010_06845 LUA#4 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGTACA seq 4GGTTCCACTTACTGTAAT seq 94 TTACCAATAATCTTCAAATCGCAG id TGTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTid AGCAGCTTTTGTGCAC no: TAAT no: 202946_s_at NM_014962 HG_010_21147LUA#5 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGCAAT seq 5 GTTGTTCATTCTGGGGAT seq 95TCAAATCACAATAATCAATCTCTG id AATCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id GCTGGCAGTCTTTGTC no:TAAT no: 203064_s_at NM_004514 HG_010_18737 LUA#46TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGTACA seq 6 CATGTGGCTCGCGTGGAC seq 96TCAACAATTCATTCAATACATTTA id AGTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id TCCACCTCCATTTCAG no:TAAT no: 208896_at NM_006773 HG_010_01959 LUA#47TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGCTTC seq 7 CTGTGCTCACTGCTGTAA seq 97TCATTAACTTACTTCATAATGATT id AATCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id TTTGTGGCATGGATTG no:TAAT no: 205176_s_at NM_014288 HG_010_08052 LUA#48TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGAAAC seq 8 CACTCACCATGAGCACCA seq 98AAACTTCACATCTCAATAATTGAG id ACTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id GCATTAAGAAGAAATG no:TAAT no: 213761_at NM_017440 HG_010_16616 LUA#49TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGTCAT seq 9 CAGAACCAGAAGCCCCGG seq 99CAATCTTTCAATTTACTTACGAGC id AATCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id AATGTGGTTGCATCAC no:TAAT no: 209054_s_at NM_007331 HG_010_20167 LUA#50TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGCAAT seq 10 GGCAGCATCTTCAGCTCT seq 100ATACCAATATCATCATTTACAAGC id TGTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id GAAATCGGGCTTCCAC no:TAAT no: 212467_at NM_173823 * LUA#6 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGTCAA seq 11CTGCCACCTCCTGTAGAC seq 101 CAATCTTTTACAATCAAATCCTAC idCATCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id ATCAGTCATGTCTAAC no: TAAT no: 205128_x_atNM_000962 HG_010_04807 LUA#7 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGCAAT seq 12CCTGCTAGTCTGCCCTAT seq 102 TCATTTACCAATTTACCAATACTC idGGTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id CTGCCTGAGTTTCCAG no: TAAT no: 214544_s_atNM_003825 HG_010_06841 LUA#8 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGAATC seq 13CATAATCAAGTTGATGTG seq 103 CTTTTACATTCATTACTTACCTTG idGATCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id TGTATTGAACTATGTC no: TAAT no: 217783_s_atNM_016061 HG_010_21524 LUA#9 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGTAAT seq 14CTATTTGCCACTGGGCTG seq 104 CTTCTATATCAACATCTTACTGAG idTTTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id TACAGTTAAGTTCCTC no: TAAT no: 204417_at NM_000153HG_010_18368 LUA#10 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGATCA seq 15 CTCAGTCAGTTCCTTTCAseq 105 TACATACATACAAATCTACAAAGG id CTTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT idTTCTCTTGTATACCTG no: TAAT no: 202557_at NM_006948 HG_010_16269 LUA#51TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGTCAT seq 16 CTCATCTCATGTCCTGAA seq 106TTCAATCAATCATCAACAATTGAC id GTTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id AAAATAGGGCAGGCAG no:TAAT no: 208433_s_at NM_004631 HG_010_03370 LUA#52TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGTCAA seq 17 CTGGAGAACGAGGCCATT seq 107TCATCTTTATACTTCACAATACAA id TTTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id GGTGTTCTGGACAGAC no:TAAT no: 203362_s_at NM_002358 HG_010_20134 LUA#53TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGTAAT seq 18 GTCAAGTAGTTTGACTCA seq 108TATACATCTCATCTTCTACATTCC id GTTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id TAAATCAGATGTTTTG no:TAAT no: 208962_s_at NM_013402 HG_010_02173 LUA#54TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGCTTT seq 19 CCTTCTCAGCCTACAGCA seq 109TTCAATCACTTTCAATTCATAAGC id GTTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id ACCTGAACCACTGTGG no:TAAT no: 203627_at NM_000875 HG_010_00403 LUA#55TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGTATA seq 20 CTTCTGACTAGATTATTA seq 110TACACTTCTCAATAACTAACCAGG id TTTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id CACACAGGTCTCATTG no:TAAT no: 207111_at NM_001974 HG_010_17076 LUA#11TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGTACA seq 21 CACTGATGAGAAATCAGA seq 111AATCATCAATCACTTTAATCCGTC id CGTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id TTCCTGTGGTTGTATG no:TAAT no: 205786_s_at NM_000632 HG_010_20041 LUA#12TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGTACA seq 22 CAGGCGATGTGCAAGTGT seq 112CTTTCTTTCTTTCTTTCTTTGGTT id ATTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id TCCTTCAGACAGATTC no:TAAT no: 212412_at NM_006457 HG_010_19532 LUA#13TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGCAAT seq 23 GATCAGTGGCACCAGCCA seq 113AAACTATACTTCTTCACTAAAAAC id ACTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id AGCGCTACTTACTCAG no:TAAT no: 204446_s_at NM_000698 HG_010_16744 LUA#14TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGCTAC seq 24 CAGCAACAGCAAATCACG seq 114TATACATCTTACTATACTTTCTCA id ACTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id GCATTTCCACACCAAG no:TAAT no: 210724_at NM_032571 HG_010_15648 LUA#15TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGATAC seq 25 CTGACTCAAAACCCAGTG seq 115TTCATTCATTCATCAATTCAACTT id AGTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id TCCAGCAAGATGGGTC no:TAAT no: 210254_at NM_006138 HG_010_15460 LUA#56TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGCAAT seq 26 GAACTCACACATGCCCTG seq 116TTACTCATATACATCACTTTTTTA id ATTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id TTTCAGTGAACTGCTG no:TAAT no: 212563_at NM_015201 HG_010_10972 LUA#57TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGCAAT seq 27 CTGGTGTGGTTTGACCTG seq 117ATCATCATCTTTATCATTACGTGG id GATCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id GAGCTACGATAGCAAG no:TAAT no: 204538_x_at NM_006985 * LUA#58 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGCTAC seq 28GGAGTGTCTGCTCTATCC seq 118 TAATTCATTAACATTACTACGATA idCCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id ATCTCAAGACACCTGC no: TAAT no: 221539_at NM_004095HG_010_07678 LUA#59 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGTCAT seq 29 GGAAAGCTCCCTCCCCCTseq 119 CAATCAATCTTTTTCACTTTTCCT id CCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT idTAGGTTGATGTGCTTG no: TAAT no: 222036_s_at NM_005914 * LUA#60TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGAATC seq 30 GCTTAAACCCAGGCGGCA seq 120TACAAATCCAATAATCTCATGAGG id GATCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id TTGAGGCAGGAGAATC no:TAAT no: 201779_s_at NM_007282 HG_010_08042 LUA#16TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGAATC seq 31 GAGAGGCAACAAGGTAAT seq 121AATCTTCATTCAAATCATCACTGA id TCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id CCTGCCAATCATTAGG no:TAAT no: 211067_s_at NM_003644 HG_010_17163 LUA#17TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGCTTT seq 32 GAGAATCAGACAGAGGGC seq 122AATCCTTTATCACTTTATCACCAT id AATCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id TGCAGCAGGTTAGAGC no:TAAT no: 202923_s_at NM_001498 HG_010_18372 LUA#18TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGTCAA seq 33 CCCCAAGCTTTCCCCTCT seq 123AATCTCAAATACTCAAATCAATAA id GATCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id TCACTTGGTCACCTTG no:TAAT no: 204295_at NM_003172 HG_010_06973 LUA#19TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGTCAA seq 34 CATTATCGAGACCTGGAA seq 124TCAATTACTTACTCAAATACATCC id GCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id AGAAAGGAACCACTGG no:TAAT no: 207629_s_at NM_004723 HG_010_03179 LUA#20TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGCTTT seq 35 CAACCATGACCTGAAACC seq 125TACAATACTTCAATACAATCGACC id TCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id TCATCTTCCACCTCAG no:TAAT no: 217850_at NM_014366 HG_010_20659 LUA#61TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGAATC seq 36 CAGGTGAACAGTCTACAA seq 126TTACCAATTCATAATCTTCACACT id GGTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id TCTGAGGAGACTACAG no:TAAT no: 203315_at NM_003581 HG_010_17522 LUA#62TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGTCAA seq 37 GTCAGGGAAGAACAAACA seq 127TCATAATCTCATAATCCAATTTCT id CTTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id CCGTGTCCCTTAAAGC no:TAAT no: 218607_s_at NM_018115 HG_010_21859 LUA#63TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGCTAC seq 38 CCTGTAATATTTTCAGCC seq 128TTCATATACTTTATACTACATTTC id CATCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id CTCAGCCTTCCTTCAG no:TAAT no: 209511_at NM_021974 HG_010_02843 LUA#64TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGCTAC seq 39 GAGTCATCTTCCTGCCCT seq 129ATATTCAAATTACTACTTACCATC id TGTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id ATCACCGACTGAGCTG no:TAAT no: 221699_s_at NM_024045 HG_010_01029 LUA#65TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGCTTT seq 40 CATCAAGCTTTGAACCAC seq 130TCATCAATAATCTTACCTTTTTTA id GATCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id GCCCACATTTCTGGTG no:TAAT no: 202902_s_at NM_004079 HG_010_15445 LUA#21TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGAATC seq 41 GAATCTAAACAAACAGGC seq 131CTTTCTTTAATCTCAAATCAAAGC id CTTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id ACAGGGACACAAAGAG no:TAAT no: 201413_at NM_000414 HG_010_17294 LUA#22TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGAATC seq 42 CCAGAGGGAACATCATGC seq 132CTTTTTACTCAATTCAATCACTTT id TGTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id AGTGGCAGGCTGAAGG no:TAAT no: 212135_s_at NM_001684 HG_010_16788 LUA#23TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGTTCA seq 43 CATCACCCCACCCCACAT seq 133ATCATTCAAATCTCAACTTTAATG id TCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id ATGACAATCCTCTTGG no:TAAT no: 208485_x_at NM_003879 * LUA#24 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGTCAA seq 44CACACTCTGAGAAAGAAA seq 134 TTACCTTTTCAATACAATACAATA idCTTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id TTATGTCTGGCTGCAG no: TAAT no: 201565_s_atNM_002166 HG_010_17313 LUA#25 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGCTTT seq 45CCTTCTGAGTTAATGTCA seq 135 TCAATTACTTCAAATCTTCACCTT idAATCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id GCAGGCTTCTGAATTC no: TAAT no: 208581_x_atNM_005952 * LUA#66 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGTAAC seq 46 CAACCTATATAAACCTGGseq 136 ATTACAACTATACTATCTACGCTC id ATTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT idTCAGATGTAAATAGAG no: TAAT no: 201890_at NM_001034 HG_010_18467 LUA#67TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGTCAT seq 47 CCCCTCTGAGTAGAGTGT seq 137TTACTCAACAATTACAAATCAGTG id TGTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id TCCTGGGATTCTCTGC no:TAAT no: 201516_at NM_003132 HG_010_17983 LUA#68TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGTCAT seq 48 CCTATACCAGCTGTGTAC seq 138AATCTCAACAATCTTTCTTTTCTG id AGTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id GCGTTCCACCTCCAAG no:TAAT no: 221652_s_at NM_018164 HG_010_00331 LUA#69TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGCTAT seq 49 GGCAGTGAAGAGTGACTT seq 139AAACATATTACATTCACATCAGAA id GATCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id AATGGAAAAGCCAGCC no:TAAT no: 212282_at NM_014573 * LUA#70 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGATAC seq 50CATCTCAAGGCTGATCTG seq 140 CAATAATCCAATTCATATCATCCC idGATCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id TGTATCTGAAGTCTAG no: TAAT no: 209030_s_atNM_014333 HG_010_14934 LUA#26 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGTTAC seq 51GCACTTAACCAAGACAAA seq 141 TCAAAATCTACACTTTTTCATACC idAATCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id CCTCCCCTATCCCTAG no: TAAT no: 200701_at NM_006432HG_010_08035 LUA#27 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGCTTT seq 52 GCTGGTTCTCAGTGGTTGseq 142 TCAAATCAATACTCAACTTTCAGA id TCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT idAACTGAGCTCCGGGTG no: TAAT no: 209949_at NM_000433 HG_010_18441 LUA#28TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGCTAC seq 53 CAGGTACTGATCCTGTTT seq 143AAACAAACAAACATTATCAAAAGG id CTTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id GCACGAGAGAGTCTTC no:TAAT no: 202838_at NM_000147 HG_010_16435 LUA#29TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGAATC seq 54 CTATGGTCAACTCTTCAG seq 144TTACTACAAATCCTTTCTTTGGAA id AATCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id AAGGCTTACCAGGCTG no:TAAT no: 211506_s_at NM_000584 HG_010_00131 LUA#30TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGTTAC seq 55 CAGTCTTGTCATTGCCAG seq 145CTTTATACCTTTCTTTTTACCAAT id CTTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id CCTAGTTTGATACTCC no:TAAT no: 201013_s_at NM_006452 HG_010_04110 LUA#71TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGATCA seq 56 CTTTAGTTCTCTGAAGGC seq 146TTACAATCCAATCAATTCATGGAC id CCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id TGCCACACATTGGTAC no:TAAT no: 201930_at NM_005915 HG_010_16268 LUA#72TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGTCAT seq 57 CCTTGATGTCTGAGCTTT seq 147TTACCTTTAATCCAATAATCACCC id CCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id ATGAGTACTCAACTTG no:TAAT no: 204351_at NM_005980 HG_010_19452 LUA#73TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGATCA seq 58 CCGTGGATAAATTGCTCA seq 148AATCTCATCAATTCAACAATGAGT id AGTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id GGAAAAGACAAGGATG no:TAAT no: 200790_at NM_002539 HG_010_17575 LUA#74TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGTACA seq 59 CATTTGTAGCTTGTACAA seq 149CATCTTACAAACTAATTTCACCCC id TGTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id TCAGCTGCTGAACAAG no:TAAT no: 202887_s_at NM_019058 * LUA#75 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGAATC seq 60CCTTCCCCCATCGTGTAC seq 150 ATACCTTTCAATCTTTTACAACCT idTGTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id GGCAGCTGCGTTTAAG no: TAAT no: 200077_s_atNM_004152 HG_010_22476 LUA#31 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGTTCA seq 61GTGCAAATAAACGCTCAC seq 151 CTTTTCAATCAACTTTAATCTTTG idTCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id TCCGCATGTTGTAATC no: TAAT no: 207320_x_atNM_004602 HG_010_18893 LUA#32 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGATTA seq 62AGAACTAAATGCACTGTG seq 152 TTCACTTCAAACTAATCTACGAAA idCATCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id GCATAACCCCTACTGT no: TAAT no: 208641_s_atNM_018890 HG_010_22573 LUA#33 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGTCAA seq 63GAGAAGAAGCTGACTCCC seq 153 TTACTTCACTTTAATCCTTTACAC idATTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id GATCGAGAAACTGAAG no: TAAT no: 213867_x_atNM_001101 HG_010_19208 LUA#34 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGTCAT seq 64CACACAGGGGAGGTGATA seq 154 TCATATACATACCAATTCATGCCC idGCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id AGTCCTCTCCCAAGTC no: TAAT no: 204158_s_atNM_006019 HG_010_07626 LUA#35 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGCAAT seq 65GCATCTGTGAATGGCTGG seq 155 TTCATCATTCATTCATTTCAGGTT idAGTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id GCTGGACCTGCCTGAC no: TAAT no: 200691_s_atNM_004134 HG_010_15879 LUA#76 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGAATC seq 66CTGTGTCTGGCACCTACA seq 156 TAACAAACTCATCTAAATACTTTT idTCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id CTAGCTACCTTCTGCC no: TAAT no: 201077_s_atNM_005008 HG_010_18994 LUA#77 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGCAAT seq 67CTGGCATGAAGGATTCCA seq 157 TAACTACATACAATACATACTCAG idGGTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id AGAGCATGAACTGATG no: TAAT no: 217810_x_atNM_020117 HG_010_16506 LUA#78 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGCTAT seq 68GCTATCAGAACCTTAGGC seq 158 CTATCTAACTATCTATATCACTGA idTGTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id TTGTGTCTACTGATTG no: TAAT no: 200792_at NM_001469HG_010_07661 LUA#79 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGTTCA seq 69 GTGTAGCCCTCCCACTTTseq 159 TAACTACAATACATCATCATTTTC id GCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT idTGTTGCCATGGTGATG no: TAAT no: 218140_x_at NM_021203 HG_010_03138 LUA#80TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGCTAA seq 70 CTGCTCTGCTGCTCTGGA seq 160CTAACAATAATCTAACTAACAGTG id TGTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id TGTGGAGATTTAGGTG no:TAAT no: 210908_s_at NM_002624 HG_010_15000 LUA#36TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGCAAT seq 71 GAGAAGCACGCCATGAAA seq 161TCATTTCATTCACAATCAATAAAT id CATCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id CCAACCAGCTCTTCAG no:TAAT no: 201460_at NM_004759 HG_010_02788 LUA#37TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGCTTT seq 72 CAATAACTCTCTACAGGA seq 162TCATCTTTTCATCTTTCAATCCTG id ATTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id CCCACGGGAGGACAAG no:TAAT no: 203470_s_at NM_002664 HG_010_17685 LUA#38TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGTCAA seq 73 CTGTTCCCACTCCCAGAT seq 163TCATTACACTTTTCAACAATCCCC id GGTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id TGTAACATTCCTGAAG no:TAAT no: 202803_s_at NM_000211 HG_010_18487 LUA#39TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGTACA seq 74 CCCTCAAAATGACAGCCA seq 164CAATCTTTTCATTACATCATAGAA id TGTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id ATCCAGTTATTTTCCG no:TAAT no: 209124_at NM_002468 HG_010_07210 LUA#40TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGCTTT seq 75 CCATGCACCTGTCCCCCT seq 165CTACATTATTCACAACATTACTTG id TTTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id TTGAGGCATTTAGCTG no:TAAT no: 201892_s_at NM_000884 HG_010_17352 LUA#81TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGCTTT seq 76 CTGGCATCCAACACTCAT seq 166AATCTACACTTTCTAACAATATTT id GCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id GTCCCTTACCTGATTG no:TAAT no: 200647_x_at NM_003752 HG_010_19669 LUA#82TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGTACA seq 77 CTGCTACCACATGACAGA seq 167TACACTAATAACATACTCATTTGC id CATCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id TGATTATACTTCTGAG no:TAAT no: 218512_at NM_018256 HG_010_03754 LUA#83TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGATAC seq 78 GACAGACACAGGGCTACT seq 168AATCTAACTTCACTATTACAAAAG id TCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id TTCTGAGTGTAGACTG no:TAAT no: 209932_s_at NM_001948 HG_010_10582 LUA#84TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGTCAA seq 79 CACAGGCAAGAGTGTTCT seq 169CTAACTAATCATCTATCAATGACC id TTTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id ACCCAGTTTGTGGAAG no:TAAT no: 200650_s_at NM_005566 HG_010_19291 LUA#85TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGATAC seq 80 GCACCACTGCCAATGCTG seq 170TACATCATAATCAAACATCAATAG id TATCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id TTCTGCCACCTCTGAC no:TAAT no: 217733_s_at NM_021103 HG_010_00217 LUA#41TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGTTAC seq 81 GAGAAGCGGAGTGAAATT seq 171TACACAATATACTCATCAATCCAA id TCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id AGAGACCATTGAGCAG no:TAAT no: 210592_s_at NM_002970 HG_010_17875 LUA#42TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGCTAT seq 82 GAGTGCTGCTGTAGATGA seq 172CTTCATATTTCACTATAAACAATG id CATCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id GCAACAGAGGAGTGAG no:TAAT no: 204122_at NM_003332 HG_010_18121 LUA#43TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGCTTT seq 83 CAGACCGCTCCCCAATAC seq 173CAATTACAATACTCATTACAGAGT id TCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id GCCATCCCTGAGAGAC no:TAAT no: 204232_at NM_004106 HG_010_18680 LUA#44TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGTCAT seq 84 GAGACTCTGAAGCATGAG seq 174TTACCAATCTTTCTTTATACCCAG id AATCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id GAACCAGGAGACTTAC no:TAAT no: 216598_s_at NM_002982 HG_010_15183 LUA#45TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGTCAT seq 85 CCTGGGATGTTTTGAGGG seq 175TTCACAATTCAATTACTCAATCTT id TCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id GAACCACAGTTCTACC no:TAAT no: 204798_at NM_005375 HG_010_19159 LUA#86TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGCTAA seq 86 CATGGATCCTGTGTTTGC seq 176TTACTAACATCACTAACAATGTAT id AATCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id GGTCTCAGAACTGTTG no:TAAT no: 203949_at NM_000250 HG_010_18429 LUA#87TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGAAAC seq 87 CTTATTCACTGAAGTTCT seq 177TAACATCAATACTTACATCATTCC id CCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id TCACCCTGATTTCTTG no:TAAT no: 202107_s_at NM_004526 HG_010_18766 LUA#88TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGTTAC seq 88 CTCCCTGTCTGTTTCCCC seq 178TTCACTTTCTATTTACAATCACAG id ACTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id TTATCAGCTGCCATTG no:TAAT no: 211951_at NM_004741 HG_010_18809 LUA#89TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGTATA seq 89 GGTCTTGATGAGGACAGA seq 179CTATCAACTCAACAACATATCCCT id AGTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id CAGGTCTCTAGGTGAG no:TAAT no: 202431_s_at NM_002467 HG_010_00920 LUA#90TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGCTAA seq 90 GTCCAAGCAGAGGAGCAA seq 180ATACTTCACAATTCATCTAACCAC id AATCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id AGCATACATCCTGTCC no:TAAT no: control features: FlexMAP upstream probe downstream probedescription RefSeq ID RefSet ID ID sequence sequence ACTB NM_001101 *LUA#91 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGTTCA seq 181 CATTGTTACAGGAAGTCC seq 186TAACATCAATCATAACTTACGTCA id CTTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id TTCCAAATATGAGATG no:TAAT no: TFRC NM_003234 * LUA#92 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGCTAT seq 182GTGATCAATTAAATGTAG seq 187 TACACTTTAAACATCAATACCGTC idGTTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id TGCCTACCCATTCGTG no: TAAT no: GAPDH_5 NM_002046 *LUA#93 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGCTTT seq 183 GTTTACATGTTCCAATAT seq 188CTATTCATCTAAATACAAACTCAT id GATCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id TGACCTCAACTACATG no:TAAT no: GAPDH_M NM_002046 * LUA#94 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGCTTT seq 184CCACCCAGAAGACTGTGG seq 189 CTATCTTTCTACTCAATAATCACA idATTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id GTCCATGCCATCACTG no: TAAT no: GAPDH_3 NM_002046 *LUA#95 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGTACA seq 185 CAAGAGCACAAGAGGAAG seq 190CTTTAAACTTACTACACTAACCCT id AGTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGT id GGACCACCAGCCCCAG no:TAAT no: * probes designed against RefSeq FlexMAP sequence shown in redgene specific sequences shown in blue FlexMAP sequence of upstreamprimer bases 21-44 gene specific sequences of upstream probe bases 45-64gene specific sequences of downstream probe bases 1-20

TABLE 4 Capture Probes bead ID FlexMAP ID capture probe sequence Bead #1LUA-1 GATTTGTATTGATTGAGATTAAAG seq id no: 191 Bead #2 LUA-2TGATTGTAGTATGTATTGATAAAG seq id no: 192 Bead #3 LUA-3GATTGTAAGATTTGATAAAGTGTA seq id no: 193 Bead #4 LUA-4GATTTGAAGATTATTGGTAATGTA seq id no: 194 Bead #5 LUA-5GATTGATTATTGTGATTTGAATTG seq id no: 195 Bead #46 LUA-46TGTATTGAATGAATTGTTGATGTA seq id no: 196 Bead #47 LUA-47ATTATGAAGTAAGTTAATGAGAAG seq id no: 197 Bead #48 LUA-48ATTATTGAGATGTGAAGTTTGTTT seq id no: 198 Bead #49 LUA-49GTAAGTAAATTGAAAGATTGATGA seq id no: 199 Bead #50 LUA-50GTAAATGATGATATTGGTATATTG seq id no: 200 Bead #6 LUA-6GATTTGATTGTAAAAGATTGTTGA seq id no: 201 Bead #7 LUA-7ATTGGTAAATTGGTAAATGAATTG seq id no: 202 Bead #8 LUA-8GTAAGTAATGAATGTAAAAGGATT seq id no: 203 Bead #9 LUA-9GTAAGATGTTGATATAGAAGATTA seq id no: 204 Bead #10 LUA-10TGTAGATTTGTATGTATGTATGAT seq id no: 205 Bead #51 LUA-51ATTGTTGATGATTGATTGAAATGA seq id no: 206 Bead #52 LUA-52ATTGTGAAGTATAAAGATGATTGA seq id no: 207 Bead #53 LUA-53TGTAGAAGATGAGATGTATAATTA seq id no: 208 Bead #54 LUA-54ATGAATTGAAAGTGATTGAAAAAG seq id no: 209 Bead #55 LUA-55GTTAGTTATTGAGAAGTGTATATA seq id no: 210 Bead #11 LUA-11GATTAAAGTGATTGATGATTTGTA seq id no: 211 Bead #12 LUA-12AAAGAAAGAAAGAAAGAAAGTGTA seq id no: 212 Bead #13 LUA-13TTAGTGAAGAAGTATAGTTTATTG seq id no: 213 Bead #14 LUA-14AAAGTATAGTAAGATGTATAGTAG seq id no: 214 Bead #15 LUA-15TGAATTGATGAATGAATGAAGTAT seq id no: 215 Bead #56 LUA-56AAAGTGATGTATATGAGTAAATTG seq id no: 216 Bead #57 LUA-57GTAATGATAAAGATGATGATATTG seq id no: 217 Bead #58 LUA-58GTAGTAATGTTAATGAATTAGTAG seq id no: 218 Bead #59 LUA-59AAAGTGAAAAAGATTGATTGATGA seq id no: 219 Bead #60 LUA-60ATGAGATTATTGGATTTGTAGATT seq id no: 220 Bead #16 LUA-16TGATGATTTGAATGAAGATTGATT seq id no: 221 Bead #17 LUA-17TGATAAAGTGATAAAGGATTAAAG seq id no: 222 Bead #18 LUA-18TGATTTGAGTATTTGAGATTTTGA seq id no: 223 Bead #19 LUA-19GTATTTGAGTAAGTAATTGATTGA seq id no: 224 Bead #20 LUA-20GATTGTATTGAAGTATTGTAAAAG seq id no: 225 Bead #61 LUA-61TGAAGATTATGAATTGGTAAGATT seq id no: 226 Bead #62 LUA-62ATTGGATTATGAGATTATGATTGA seq id no: 227 Bead #63 LUA-63TGTAGTATAAAGTATATGAAGTAG seq id no: 228 Bead #64 LUA-64GTAAGTAGTAATTTGAATATGTAG seq id no: 229 Bead #65 LUA-65AAAGGTAAGATTATTGATGAAAAG seq id no: 230 Bead #21 LUA-21TGATTTGAGATTAAAGAAAGGATT seq id no: 231 Bead #22 LUA-22TGATTGAATTGAGTAAAAAGGATT seq id no: 232 Bead #23 LUA-23AAAGTTGAGATTTGAATGATTGAA seq id no: 233 Bead #24 LUA-24GTATTGTATTGAAAAGGTAATTGA seq id no: 234 Bead #25 LUA-25TGAAGATTTGAAGTAATTGAAAAG seq id no: 235 Bead #66 LUA-66GTAGATAGTATAGTTGTAATGTTA seq id no: 236 Bead #67 LUA-67GATTTGTAATTGTTGAGTAAATGA seq id no: 237 Bead #68 LUA-68AAAGAAAGATTGTTGAGATTATGA seq id no: 238 Bead #69 LUA-69GATGTGAATGTAATATGTTTATAG seq id no: 239 Bead #70 LUA-70TGATATGAATTGGATTATTGGTAT seq id no: 240 Bead #26 LUA-26TGAAAAAGTGTAGATTTTGAGTAA seq id no: 241 Bead #27 LUA-27AAAGTTGAGTATTGATTTGAAAAG seq id no: 242 Bead #28 LUA-28TTGATAATGTTTGTTTGTTTGTAG seq id no: 243 Bead #29 LUA-29AAAGAAAGGATTTGTAGTAAGATT seq id no: 244 Bead #30 LUA-30GTAAAAAGAAAGGTATAAAGGTAA seq id no: 245 Bead #71 LUA-71ATGAATTGATTGGATTGTAATGAT seq id no: 246 Bead #72 LUA-72GATTATTGGATTAAAGGTAAATGA seq id no: 247 Bead #73 LUA-73ATTGTTGAATTGATGAGATTTGAT seq id no: 248 Bead #74 LUA-74TGAAATTAGTTTGTAAGATGTGTA seq id no: 249 Bead #75 LUA-75TGTAAAAGATTGAAAGGTATGATT seq id no: 250 Bead #31 LUA-31GATTAAAGTTGATTGAAAAGTGAA seq id no: 251 Bead #32 LUA-32GTAGATTAGTTTGAAGTGAATAAT seq id no: 252 Bead #33 LUA-33AAAGGATTAAAGTGAAGTAATTGA seq id no: 253 Bead #34 LUA-34ATGAATTGGTATGTATATGAATGA seq id no: 254 Bead #35 LUA-35TGAAATGAATGAATGATGAAATTG seq id no: 255 Bead #76 LUA-76GTATTTAGATGAGTTTGTTAGATT seq id no: 256 Bead #77 LUA-77GTATGTATTGTATGTAGTTAATTG seq id no: 257 Bead #78 LUA-78TGATATAGATAGTTAGATAGATAG seq id no: 258 Bead #79 LUA-79ATGATGATGTATTGTAGTTATGAA seq id no: 259 Bead #80 LUA-80GTTAGTTAGATTATTGTTAGTTAG seq id no: 260 Bead #36 LUA-36ATTGATTGTGAATGAAATGAATTG seq id no: 261 Bead #37 LUA-37ATTGAAAGATGAAAAGATGAAAAG seq id no: 262 Bead #38 LUA-38ATTGTTGAAAAGTGTAATGATTGA seq id no: 263 Bead #39 LUA-39ATGATGTAATGAAAAGATTGTGTA seq id no: 264 Bead #40 LUA-40TAATGTTGTGAATAATGTAGAAAG seq id no: 265 Bead #81 LUA-81ATTGTTAGAAAGTGTAGATTAAAG seq id no: 266 Bead #82 LUA-82ATGAGTATGTTATTAGTGTATGTA seq id no: 267 Bead #83 LUA-83TGTAATAGTGAAGTTAGATTGTAT seq id no: 268 Bead #84 LUA-84ATTGATAGATGATTAGTTAGTTGA seq id no: 269 Bead #85 LUA-85TGATGTTTGATTATGATGTAGTAT seq id no: 270 Bead #41 LUA-41ATTGATGAGTATATTGTGTAGTAA seq id no: 271 Bead #42 LUA-42GTTTATAGTGAAATATGAAGATAG seq id no: 272 Bead #43 LUA-43TGTAATGAGTATTGTAATTGAAAG seq id no: 273 Bead #44 LUA-44GTATAAAGAAAGATTGGTAAATGA seq id no: 274 Bead #45 LUA-45TTGAGTAATTGAATTGTGAAATGA seq id no: 275 Bead #86 LUA-86ATTGTTAGTGATGTTAGTAATTAG seq id no: 276 Bead #87 LUA-87TGATGTAAGTATTGATGTTAGTTT seq id no: 277 Bead #88 LUA-88GATTGTAAATAGAAAGTGAAGTAA seq id no: 278 Bead #89 LUA-89ATATGTTGTTGAGTTGATAGTATA seq id no: 279 Bead #90 LUA-90TTAGATGAATTGTGAAGTATTTAG seq id no: 280 Bead #91 LUA-91GTAAGTTATGATTGATGTTATGAA seq id no: 281 Bead #92 LUA-92GTATTGATGTTTAAAGTGTAATAG seq id no: 282 Bead #93 LUA-93GTTTGTATTTAGATGAATAGAAAG seq id no: 283 Bead #94 LUA-94ATTATTGAGTAGAAAGATAGAAAG seq id no: 284 Bead #95 LUA-95TTAGTGTAGTAAGTTTAAAGTGTA seq id no: 285

TABLE 5A-I Microtiter plates Table 5A. Microtiter plates. FlexMapdescription ID blank blank dmso1 dmso2 dmso3 dmso4 dmso5 dmso6 dmso7dmso8 dmso9 dmso10 NM_005736 LUA#1 40 33.5 902 774 850.5 914 836.5 900888 563 803.5 692.5 NM_000070 LUA#2 39 36 653.5 434 571 624 650 609575.5 265 499.5 499.5 NM_018217 LUA#3 42 30 1547 1243 1382 1463 14481444.5 1416 713 1276.5 1180 NM_004782 LUA#4 45 39 1402 1082 1284 13971324 1234 1389.5 724.5 1105 1140.5 NM_014962 LUA#5 49 39 1724 1597 15491670 1554 1467 1437 732 1251 1222 NM_004514 LUA#46 39 30.5 1490.5 11301389 1498 1455 1394 1420.5 804.5 1235 1160.5 NM_006773 LUA#47 34.5 40682 571 683 734 698 672.5 664 409 683 635 NM_014288 LUA#48 41 37 713 527655 721 710 761 657 364 672 643 NM_017440 LUA#49 28 32 621 443 568 629599 613 562 303 499 481 NM_007331 LUA#50 38.5 29 1011 821.5 931.5 956988 981.5 839 359 755 736 NM_173823 LUA#6 38 27 1411 1222.5 1272.5 14131326 1203.5 1333 475 850 861 NM_000962 LUA#7 33 37 472 401 416.5 435 406368.5 387 138 306 287 NM_003825 LUA#8 42 34.5 574.5 483 474.5 575 482430.5 434 188 336 324 NM_016061 LUA#9 46 37 1208 1137 1050.5 1049 962909.5 905 365 714 683 NM_000153 LUA#10 35 43 63 57.5 59 62.5 48 44.5 4638 46 48 NM_006948 LUA#51 36.5 32.5 71 55 75 68 74 79.5 60.5 46 50 41NM_004631 LUA#52 41 26 1544.5 1163 1288 1230 1170.5 1060 1047 364 731.5729 NM_002358 LUA#53 33 32.5 564 409 570 611.5 616 671 583 275 547 464NM_013402 LUA#54 34.5 31 1273.5 943.5 1181 1190 1216.5 1153.5 1108 456976 945 NM_000875 LUA#55 42 30 1243.5 1137.5 1219.5 1507 1425 1383 1250854.5 1158 1168 NM_001974 LUA#11 33 34 147 137 170 221.5 273 213.5 18358 139 130 NM_000632 LUA#12 41 35 500.5 399 483 509 499.5 519.5 492 282378 338.5 NM_006457 LUA#13 33.5 30 94 75 82.5 91 82 68 75 38 60 59NM_000698 LUA#14 38.5 28 188 153 163.5 209 215.5 184 149 99 134 133NM_032571 LUA#15 34.5 49.5 209 146 172 223 198 173.5 187 87 152 150NM_006138 LUA#56 44 38.5 145.5 150 157 229 199 209 158 133 140 130NM_015201 LUA#57 42 33 878 689 822 965 877.5 927 932 381 635 570NM_006985 LUA#58 38 34 919 775 826 897 857 925 751 292.5 727 619NM_004095 LUA#59 41 32 695 536.5 595 574 562 655 565.5 183.5 345 337.5NM_005914 LUA#60 46 37 2195.5 1744 2157 2234 2262 2579 2082 1102 22122079 NM_007282 LUA#16 34 20 4387 3871 4222 4458 4248 4005 4536 3049.53935 3689 NM_003644 LUA#17 36 33 526 406 480.5 528 498 450 494 246.5411.5 391.5 NM_001498 LUA#18 42 36 1913 1585 1809.5 2005 1957 1776.51849 805 1607 1538 NM_003172 LUA#19 39 33 3589 2978.5 3400 3500 3410.53151 3536 3020 3531 3474 NM_004723 LUA#20 60 48 832 591.5 736.5 873807.5 813 798 329.5 716.5 652 NM_014366 LUA#61 38 28 1995 1551 1903.52057 1962 1912.5 1996 1294.5 1720 1635 NM_003581 LUA#62 38 39 360 341.5317.5 455 640.5 540 412 151.5 429 402 NM_018115 LUA#63 38 31.5 3024 23782960 3112 2963 2980 2866 1873 2710 2595 NM_021974 LUA#64 36 35 2077.51654.5 2019 2122 2051 2001 1859.5 973.5 1770.5 1771 NM_024045 LUA#65 4240 734 526.5 675 775 713 729 683 264 520 494 NM_004079 LUA#21 42 31 40893862.5 3968 3977 3945.5 3731 3760 2211 3375 3283.5 NM_000414 LUA#22 30.538.5 604 446 533 594 583 764 580 203 475 440.5 NM_001684 LUA#23 36 382409.5 1974 2345 2586 2361 2644 2639 1719.5 2063 2080 NM_003879 LUA#2431 29.5 960 709.5 920 1061 1060.5 1079.5 920.5 446 891 871 NM_002166LUA#25 41 29 1321.5 1026 1432 1466 1409 1475.5 1220 663.5 1490.5 1453NM_005952 LUA#66 40 36 1423 1277.5 1395.5 1459.5 1482 1431 1332 675.51259 1185 NM_001034 LUA#67 40 36 607 491.5 520.5 777 713 635.5 580 255614 609 NM_003132 LUA#68 36 42 789 626 706 671 617 563.5 583 198.5 518.5524 NM_018164 LUA#69 41 34 205.5 149 182 235 274 250 198 100.5 189 142NM_014573 LUA#70 41 39 292 225.5 240 328.5 314.5 272 244.5 114 257.5 232NM_014333 LUA#26 28.5 27 1505 1147 1369.5 1467 1427 1484 1415 774.51217.5 1236 NM_006432 LUA#27 38.5 33 699 534 646 713.5 703 718 636 315562 550 NM_000433 LUA#28 45 44 878 576 830.5 896 906 796 844 351 893 824NM_000147 LUA#29 42 24 639 466 629 651 659 597.5 645 256 532.5 499NM_000584 LUA#30 41.5 36 394 346 379 483.5 407 340.5 306.5 120 268.5 289NM_006452 LUA#71 35 36 2704.5 2307.5 2678 2654.5 2673 2689 2707 1357.52109 1953 NM_005915 LUA#72 45.5 39 1061.5 874 1025 1120 1087 921 1013478 1105 1020 NM_005980 LUA#73 40.5 44.5 159 108 139 145.5 144.5 144 14592.5 138.5 130 NM_002539 LUA#74 47 43 2035.5 1756 2051.5 2189.5 23181930 1994 1204.5 2047.5 2038 NM_019058 LUA#75 48 37 2504 2473 2482 29143027.5 2942.5 2642 1576 2562.5 2616.5 NM_004152 LUA#31 44 42 1205 9831218 1317 1344 1212 1299 547.5 1317.5 1129.5 NM_004602 LUA#32 38 30 182293 205 255 222 159 170 770 223.5 139 NM_018890 LUA#33 51 44 2917 2521.52741.5 2699 3109 2785 3028.5 2194 2814 2125 NM_001101 LUA#34 47 413269.5 2707 3122.5 3280 3254.5 2939 3057 2117 3070 2979 NM_006019 LUA#3540 32.5 732 617.5 657.5 710.5 678 550.5 633 242 493 479.5 NM_004134LUA#76 53 49 1773 1613 1923 1777.5 1756.5 1565 1674 812.5 1734 1752NM_005008 LUA#77 38 37 1466 1175 1420 1489 1546 1279 1331 613.5 11981154 NM_020117 LUA#78 37 32.5 3623 3228 3691 3649 3820 3251 3418 25163693.5 3553 NM_001469 LUA#79 35 30.5 609.5 490 632.5 745 811 727 615.5295 646 600 NM_021203 LUA#80 43 48 854.5 657 825 824 830.5 702 752 289.5812 729 NM_002624 LUA#36 54 45.5 483 414 462 482.5 490 414.5 426 178 314300.5 NM_004759 LUA#37 45 40 210 160 207 214.5 192 162 157 97 190 175NM_002664 LUA#38 42.5 44 758.5 572 687 715.5 717 676 717 272 683 690NM_000211 LUA#39 43 47 2399 2085 2457.5 2480 2328 1741 2234 1125 28552765 NM_002468 LUA#40 36 41.5 434 421 408.5 461 466 408 403 238 396.5335 NM_000884 LUA#81 48 53 1425.5 1158 1403 1476 1501.5 1293 1396 6611224.5 1201.5 NM_003752 LUA#82 51 46 2178 1591 1908 2000 2057 1847 20351041.5 1743 1589 NM_018256 LUA#83 38 42 1960 1487 1947.5 1945.5 19331831 1798 1027 1858.5 1781 NM_001948 LUA#84 51 44 3639 3037 3513 36283641 3222 3639 1898.5 3089 3064 NM_005566 LUA#85 50 46.5 2849 2508 27542860 2845 2649 2739.5 1334 2560 2497 NM_021103 LUA#41 51 45 3369.5 27963116 3286.5 3175 2888 3034 2155 2887 2663.5 NM_002970 LUA#42 50 53 13901330 1252 1169.5 1144.5 922.5 1002 381 800.5 798 NM_003332 LUA#43 37 423442 3303 2960 2860 2644 2238 2494 1006 1976 2066.5 NM_004106 LUA#44 4340 756 623 688 662 601 546 562 203 416.5 430.5 NM_002982 LUA#45 48 38.54465 4583 4733 4626 4576 4067.5 4536 2998 4098 3942.5 NM_005375 LUA#8653.5 53 3445 2883 3140 3429 3216 3079 3213.5 1598.5 2714 2510 NM_000250LUA#87 50 40.5 3990 3233.5 3862 3996 3850 3694.5 3993 2672 3456 3368NM_004526 LUA#88 42 31 2129 1933 2176 2149 2161 1926 1970.5 1115 19471890.5 NM_004741 LUA#89 50.5 39 1970 1864 1808.5 1645 1661 1432.5 1528561.5 1340 1146.5 NM_002467 LUA#90 67 56.5 3253 2824 3142 3156.5 31042666 2784 1819.5 2700.5 2541 ACTB LUA#91 54 51 3126 2638 3086 3191 31603024 3100 1853.5 3149 3002.5 TFRC LUA#92 76 79.5 1348 983.5 1283.51329.5 1267 1098 1256 467.5 946 967 GAPDH_5 LUA#93 59 46 2708 19112385.5 2693 2523 2374.5 2539.5 1475 2364 2243.5 GAPDH_M LUA#94 48 49.54772 3907 4477 5031.5 4540 4282 4848 3529 4163 4180 GAPDH_3 LUA#95 74.569 4277 3837 4461.5 4434 4414 4444 4482 3794.5 4211 4058 Table 5B.Microtiter plates FlexMap description ID dmso11 dmso12 dmso13 dmso14dmso15 dmso16 dmso17 dmso18 dmso19 dmso20 dmso21 dmso22 NM_005736 LUA#1863 780.5 645 792.5 662 690 686.5 690 744 752 821 824.5 NM_000070 LUA#2602 551 497.5 605 489 519 524.5 532 532.5 541 574 575 NM_018217 LUA#31301 1291 1131 1309.5 1049 1136 1159 1144 1216.5 1295 1334 1278NM_004782 LUA#4 1261.5 1219 1206 1280 936.5 1113 1077 1085 1223 12281291.5 1200 NM_014962 LUA#5 1351 1339 1064 1149.5 1037 1121 1101 11351245 1246.5 1325 1246.5 NM_004514 LUA#46 1269 1286.5 1143 1367 1083 12161144 1196 1271 1302 1276 1284.5 NM_006773 LUA#47 742.5 671 677.5 757 598690.5 691.5 689 687 707 730 706 NM_014288 LUA#48 754 671 683 764 579735.5 701 704 708 718 733 708 NM_017440 LUA#49 533 498 481.5 569 436 529490 506 499 527 533 544.5 NM_007331 LUA#50 756 792 605 745 636 718 726692 711 767 785 786 NM_173823 LUA#6 876 1030 673.5 802 672 763 735 738861.5 954 913.5 959 NM_000962 LUA#7 293 363 281 328.5 281.5 275 278 278291 340 348 342 NM_003825 LUA#8 350 335 293 267.5 254 222 245.5 265 313315 347 310 NM_016061 LUA#9 737 740 530.5 653.5 623 649 597 618 659 648707 681 NM_000153 LUA#10 44.5 46 46 44 39 41 44 42 43 50 53 51 NM_006948LUA#51 51 55.5 56 65 56 62 55 60 55.5 64 57 60.5 NM_004631 LUA#52 792.5864 593.5 702.5 575 698.5 641 698.5 709.5 756 744.5 779 NM_002358 LUA#53614 582.5 560 676 542.5 606 503 526 553 560.5 578.5 574.5 NM_013402LUA#54 974 1061 870 999 812 940.5 906.5 918 941 970.5 977 1031 NM_000875LUA#55 1337 1263 1215 1372.5 1168 1101 1141.5 1096 1191 1173.5 1280 1223NM_001974 LUA#11 194 214 175 216 163.5 117 114 119 164 178 222.5 205.5NM_000632 LUA#12 360 389.5 361 404 333 383 372 307 361.5 376 396 397NM_006457 LUA#13 71 62.5 56 64.5 55 56.5 50 60 67 65 67 64 NM_000698LUA#14 132.5 136 123.5 166.5 146 130 114 129 115.5 135 142 145 NM_032571LUA#15 132.5 173 141 190 108 160.5 135 142.5 164.5 170 178 157 NM_006138LUA#56 128 133.5 142 134 140 138 137 117 146.5 150 154 153 NM_015201LUA#57 688 692 583 736.5 650 684.5 588.5 557 637 652 691.5 698 NM_006985LUA#58 630 701 543.5 707.5 550 672 684 635 653.5 678 720.5 692 NM_004095LUA#59 334 407 294.5 363 352.5 440 347.5 319 372 340 398.5 391 NM_005914LUA#60 1967.5 2255 1967 2196 1708 2021 2120 1877 2054 2334 2477 2222NM_007282 LUA#16 4208 4000.5 3735 4128 3643 3554 3724 3707 4109 3898.54083 3866 NM_003644 LUA#17 461 445.5 422.5 467 331 409 394 418 430 437.5462.5 465.5 NM_001498 LUA#18 1627.5 1631 1477 1773 1383 1618.5 1582 16141701 1727 1700 1716 NM_003172 LUA#19 3838 3647 3528 3823.5 3374 34933499.5 3566 3683 3672 3821 3575 NM_004723 LUA#20 848.5 770 717 823.5 607677 702.5 717 709 705 759 789.5 NM_014366 LUA#61 2015 1794.5 1782 2122.51726.5 1787 1758 1753 1799 1782 1903 1815 NM_003581 LUA#62 561 312 364462 507 198.5 275 245 268 472.5 540 562.5 NM_018115 LUA#63 2942 29802750 3020 2659.5 2912 2714 2598 2775 2741 2898 2815 NM_021974 LUA#641949 1868 1777 2001 1535.5 1806 1739.5 1752 1837 1744 1888 1869.5NM_024045 LUA#65 520 585 448 599 494 545.5 509 475 489 513.5 539.5 530NM_004079 LUA#21 3630 3578.5 3061 3459 3268.5 3368 3393.5 3216 3473.53414 3469.5 3382 NM_000414 LUA#22 554 514 473 566 440 552 539 518 523534 546.5 539 NM_001684 LUA#23 2436 2350 2186 2429 2206 2209 2068 20002280 2214.5 2479 2192.5 NM_003879 LUA#24 897 985 843.5 1017 839 918.5909 959 942.5 961 1003 983 NM_002166 LUA#25 1616.5 1692 1460 1463 1050.51282 1493 1420 1532 1618 1690 1601 NM_005952 LUA#66 1343.5 1432.5 10691249 1130.5 1206.5 1195.5 1107.5 1166.5 1214 1263.5 1259 NM_001034LUA#67 537 642 588 647 495.5 491 523.5 545 572 667 680 675.5 NM_003132LUA#68 457 536 413 517 403 507 516 462 529 548 538 522 NM_018164 LUA#69195.5 184 178 231 184 122 129 142.5 186 209.5 214 203 NM_014573 LUA#70230 271 230 293 193.5 212 214 230 212 256 280 259 NM_014333 LUA#26 13351361 1221.5 1387 1155 1214.5 1230 1281 1305 1393 1462 1429 NM_006432LUA#27 585 632 533 689 499 575 534 545 594 662 702.5 671.5 NM_000433LUA#28 920 893 911 1009 655 928.5 927 928.5 950.5 969 1001 979 NM_000147LUA#29 500 521 468 541 462 505 484.5 459.5 511.5 506 555 539 NM_000584LUA#30 256 366 256 269 251 183 169.5 207 243.5 316 301.5 315 NM_006452LUA#71 2099 2084 1892 2120 2006 2266 2093 1950 2197 2076.5 2209 2167NM_005915 LUA#72 1226 1099 1053 1205.5 860 943 1063 1093.5 1138 10531123.5 1079 NM_005980 LUA#73 142 132 131 147 131 150.5 147.5 140 142.5157 140 144 NM_002539 LUA#74 2425 2316 2087 2311 1877 1927.5 2018 19282145 2151 2222 2192 NM_019058 LUA#75 3031 2880 2490.5 2668 2516.5 20952271 2515 2626 2535 2676 2717 NM_004152 LUA#31 1242.5 1194 1192 1395.51060 1213 1238 1194.5 1259 1273 1272.5 1273 NM_004602 LUA#32 160 171 118146 139 185.5 224 144 136 148 144 175 NM_018890 LUA#33 3178 2820 27593652 2563.5 2013 2134 1994.5 2953 3108 3381 3102.5 NM_001101 LUA#34 33903286 3055 3351 3058 2997 3223 3069 3164 3182.5 3260 3244.5 NM_006019LUA#35 429 517 421 502 432 439 465 472 469 520 559 517.5 NM_004134LUA#76 1839 1854.5 1599 1770 1402 1666 1823 1718 1844 1891.5 1836 1747.5NM_005008 LUA#77 1088 1303 1122.5 1276.5 1020 1110 1139.5 1151.5 12131281 1304 1340 NM_020117 LUA#78 4107 3817 3879 4057 3458.5 3506 37383565.5 3943 3851.5 4059.5 3820.5 NM_001469 LUA#79 710.5 619 678 842 686630 612 622.5 670.5 688 825 835 NM_021203 LUA#80 780 794 768 808.5 590757 807 745.5 808 803 818 784.5 NM_002624 LUA#36 336 353 250 305 275 297283 299 334.5 335 381 331 NM_004759 LUA#37 186 205.5 183 212 157 194 186173 184 194 197 206 NM_002664 LUA#38 797 730.5 691 732 548 671 688 703750 757 769 762 NM_000211 LUA#39 3211 2924 2886 2921 1857 2278 2657 27973053 2908 3039.5 2797.5 NM_002468 LUA#40 429 379.5 347 429 297 306.5 343339 349 375 391 371.5 NM_000884 LUA#81 1428 1318 1197 1324 1090 11991217 1234 1315 1314.5 1350 1293 NM_003752 LUA#82 1846 1808.5 1603 18881612 1740.5 1728.5 1633 1761 1702 1825 1762 NM_018256 LUA#83 2062 18611845.5 2074.5 1645 1792 1851 1876 1910 1907 1960 1898.5 NM_001948 LUA#843418 3494 3142.5 3336 2664 2977 3066 3045 3170 3332 3464 3272.5NM_005566 LUA#85 2977 2714 2584 2752 2214 2342 2574 2571 2654.5 26952715 2669.5 NM_021103 LUA#41 3189.5 3018 2718 3105 2604.5 2742 2818 28822966 2956 3130 2913.5 NM_002970 LUA#42 879 899 596 638 621 698 698 707813 778 840 748 NM_003332 LUA#43 2000 2210 1489 1631.5 1664.5 1829 18651854 2095.5 2120.5 2375 2163 NM_004106 LUA#44 416.5 450.5 371 410 366407 398 375 392 398 463 418 NM_002982 LUA#45 4022 4124 3811.5 4093 36503735 3781.5 3873 4035 4073 4216 3981.5 NM_005375 LUA#86 3004.5 2906 25582880 2360 2568 2646 2638.5 2846 2892 3039.5 2842 NM_000250 LUA#87 3741.53571 3474 3656 3421.5 3371 3432 3378 3509 3505 3695 3495 NM_004526LUA#88 2058 2055 1808 1911 1680 1726.5 1825.5 1736 1909.5 1896.5 19781990 NM_004741 LUA#89 1108 1321.5 947.5 1238 1024 1083 1073 1051.5 11491280 1378.5 1306 NM_002467 LUA#90 2459.5 2556 2463.5 2716 2442.5 26122700 2639 2735 2770 2847 2864.5 ACTB LUA#91 3366 3226 2978 3292 26673186 3158 3128 3408.5 3183 3323 3238.5 TFRC LUA#92 948 1112 883 1059 7581009 944.5 929 1063.5 1069 1197 1157 GAPDH_5 LUA#93 2063 2310 2363 25982157 2324 2337 2442 2468 2425.5 2655 2417 GAPDH_M LUA#94 4206 4269 43714733.5 4179.5 4071 4252.5 4207 4413 4315 4737 4324.5 GAPDH_3 LUA#95 44774343.5 4445 4632 3923 4014 4259.5 4169 4620.5 4371 4726 4365 Table 5C.Microtiter plates FlexMap description ID dmso23 dmso24 dmso25 dmso26dmso27 dmso28 dmso29 dmso30 dmso31 dmso32 dmso33 dmso34 NM_005736 LUA#1821.5 761.5 188 697 774.5 787.5 819 983.5 981.5 798 306.5 708 NM_000070LUA#2 594.5 430.5 145.5 562 569.5 544.5 596.5 671 648 486 165 548.5NM_018217 LUA#3 1272 1058 376 1157 1280 1212 1311 1475 1368 1128 4331123 NM_004782 LUA#4 1254 1072 442 1106 1257 1209.5 1279 1435 1295 1042496.5 1128.5 NM_014962 LUA#5 1284.5 950 381 1032 1210 1259.5 1287 14661347 1046 405 1094 NM_004514 LUA#46 1275 1119 432 1216 1259 1206 13581503.5 1391.5 1179 512 1155.5 NM_006773 LUA#47 691 616 242 666 731 726757 756 731 663 283 684 NM_014288 LUA#48 701 566 240 703 741 758 751 738705 616 285 687 NM_017440 LUA#49 568.5 487 184.5 503.5 534 536.5 553 615619 504 214 489.5 NM_007331 LUA#50 842 569.5 172 659 721 712.5 770.5 918866 625 207 673 NM_173823 LUA#6 1025 607 154 705 814 832.5 938 1231 1222732 173.5 845 NM_000962 LUA#7 352 211 64 253 284 279 369 400.5 441.5 26478 293 NM_003825 LUA#8 381 251.5 111 235 283 306 350 401 379 249 117325.5 NM_016061 LUA#9 745 481 166 546 662 645 728 788 830 574.5 181 539NM_000153 LUA#10 55 45 32 43 43.5 43 54.5 62 65 51 37 44.5 NM_006948LUA#51 81 46.5 45 62.5 59 53 70 75 73 70.5 34 62.5 NM_004631 LUA#52 856460 151 651.5 676 654 697 822.5 826.5 502.5 148 646 NM_002358 LUA#53 656440 130 575 518 562 675 706 732 536 162 547 NM_013402 LUA#54 1023.5 761223 871 927 926.5 975 1112 1116 832 250 883 NM_000875 LUA#55 1365 1238416 1061 1243 1287 1314 1444 1351 1231 477.5 1182.5 NM_001974 LUA#11 210101.5 49.5 148 138 150 217 378.5 312.5 119 51.5 131.5 NM_000632 LUA#12422 322.5 70 324.5 355 343.5 371 420 466 365 101.5 346 NM_006457 LUA#1382 45 39 55 64 67 67.5 89 100 51 37 62 NM_000698 LUA#14 196 141 53 133119 131 158 214 204 156 49.5 135 NM_032571 LUA#15 171 126 43 146 184 147184 200 220 135.5 54 161 NM_006138 LUA#56 187.5 154.5 53.5 125.5 140118.5 156.5 179 181 152 66 140.5 NM_015201 LUA#57 785 654 157 602 652676.5 745 864 989.5 753 187 597 NM_006985 LUA#58 748 480 115.5 632.5 634596 693 721 753.5 549.5 136 577 NM_004095 LUA#59 449 277 74 298 339355.5 377.5 423 534 335 97.5 282 NM_005914 LUA#60 2065 1570 585.5 19762363 2060 2352 2412.5 2143 1828 640 1900 NM_007282 LUA#16 3898 3815 21193519 4076.5 4109 4055 4442 4132 3867 2338 3559 NM_003644 LUA#17 463 361151 404.5 468 438.5 476 510 481 365 173.5 435 NM_001498 LUA#18 17641346.5 396 1556.5 1713 1626 1775 1908 1881 1507 461 1600.5 NM_003172LUA#19 3530.5 3727 2201 3535 3813 3727 3844 3804 3566 3747 2476 3638.5NM_004723 LUA#20 733.5 581 164.5 714 744 778 808 839.5 848 691.5 205 742NM_014366 LUA#61 1790 1932 755 1697 1841 1830 1930 1971 1885.5 2015 8541815.5 NM_003581 LUA#62 508 264 59 336.5 263 336 362 671 472 392 100 295NM_018115 LUA#63 2891 2754 1010 2590 2914.5 2749 3009 3130 3163 28491137 2663.5 NM_021974 LUA#64 1800 1540 533 1673 1868 1801 1844 19551839.5 1621 613 1682.5 NM_024045 LUA#65 580.5 456 127 458 493 477 564.5602 684.5 541 149 490 NM_004079 LUA#21 3373 2792 1173 3108.5 3361 34033373 3610.5 3401 2919 1179 3060 NM_000414 LUA#22 573 384 101 508 570.5556 556 574.5 625 456 113 509.5 NM_001684 LUA#23 2316 2260 966 2120.52395 2329.5 2457 2669.5 2647.5 2428 1083 2158 NM_003879 LUA#24 919 761233 892.5 963 916.5 985 1092 1063 893 283.5 903 NM_002166 LUA#25 1348993 408 1513 1746 1565 1930 1844 1355 1134 467 1441.5 NM_005952 LUA#661283 1016.5 336 1102 1159 1200 1283 1387 1325 1101 353 1138 NM_001034LUA#67 689.5 450 112 505 540 557 672 811.5 809 423 132 611 NM_003132LUA#68 535 319 94 458.5 473 475 503 592 559 372 105 444 NM_018164 LUA#69226 130 59 149 147 157 221.5 281.5 252 165 63 160.5 NM_014573 LUA#70 277201.5 61.5 219 207 238 288.5 333 436 224 73 237 NM_014333 LUA#26 1363.51109 448 1216 1325 1285.5 1464.5 1547 1503.5 1192 521 1233 NM_006432LUA#27 716.5 478 170.5 548.5 613 585 701 828 774.5 545.5 207.5 565.5NM_000433 LUA#28 900 625 185 906 976.5 938 971.5 1056 926 710 226.5 875NM_000147 LUA#29 565 447 136 456 509 496 566 633.5 674 499 160 509NM_000584 LUA#30 332 167.5 51.5 194 216 250 440.5 577.5 679 232 64 266.5NM_006452 LUA#71 2382 1862 572 1894.5 2078 2134 2062 2363 2464.5 1959642 1927 NM_005915 LUA#72 1040.5 812 258 1015 1145 1113 1142 1191 1078905.5 298 1096.5 NM_005980 LUA#73 162 113.5 46 145.5 150 140 143.5 142143.5 133.5 65 134 NM_002539 LUA#74 2219.5 1712 716.5 1940 2176 22012248 2379 2236 1902 756 1957.5 NM_019058 LUA#75 2565.5 2239 883 2338.52445 2617 2767.5 2997 2585 2218.5 937.5 2571 NM_004152 LUA#31 1238.5 885254.5 1116 1248 1222 1313 1419 1325.5 1031 326 1154.5 NM_004602 LUA#32207.5 581 86 127.5 144 138 172 214 245 385 210 165.5 NM_018890 LUA#333131.5 2053.5 683 2273 2061 2264 3223 3293 2669 2625 1280 1831 NM_001101LUA#34 3138 2898 1256 2946 3193.5 3261 3363 3638 3259 3136 1401 3093.5NM_006019 LUA#35 552 373 118 421 443 456 541 679 653 420.5 131 419NM_004134 LUA#76 1621 1208 429 1734 1827 1817 1814.5 1856 1730 1437510.5 1704.5 NM_005008 LUA#77 1325 876 284 1091 1131.5 1088 1258 14641405.5 945 321 1145 NM_020117 LUA#78 3812 3366 1892.5 3512 3795 38503953 4053.5 3597.5 3343.5 2066 3664 NM_001469 LUA#79 816 489 131.5 644627 637 698 1000 783 548 176 613.5 NM_021203 LUA#80 802 445 136 682771.5 789.5 811 929 728 523 163.5 740.5 NM_002624 LUA#36 396 259.5 81285 310 308.5 361 445 448 296 101 332.5 NM_004759 LUA#37 212 146 56191.5 195 200 218 230 229 174 73 180 NM_002664 LUA#38 713 463 147 679769.5 768 798 850 820 551 158 712 NM_000211 LUA#39 2300 1665 817 27893080.5 3084 3060 3115 2385.5 1682 880 2773 NM_002468 LUA#40 427 289 84328.5 354 368 391.5 437 500 341 105 374.5 NM_000884 LUA#81 1285 948 3181168 1347 1357 1357.5 1526.5 1366 1084 349 1198 NM_003752 LUA#82 17631642 538.5 1556 1773 1728.5 1820 2059 2038 1723 603.5 1651 NM_018256LUA#83 1856 1542 566.5 1765 1956.5 2005 1978 2084.5 1880 1678 628 1815.5NM_001948 LUA#84 3267 2654 1083 2928 3321 3331 3460 3698 3453.5 2621.51165.5 3034 NM_005566 LUA#85 2590 1917.5 682 2426 2711 2775 2726 29562650.5 2079 728 2471 NM_021103 LUA#41 2956 2604.5 1342 2649 2997 3023.53125.5 3151 2850 2606 1390 2874 NM_002970 LUA#42 879 470.5 177 617 645720.5 854 935 819 484 175 626 NM_003332 LUA#43 2270 1228 527 1706 20442248.5 2272.5 2640 2476.5 1319.5 496.5 1835.5 NM_004106 LUA#44 486 268100 347 378.5 379 441.5 519 499.5 309 101.5 338 NM_002982 LUA#45 40083520 1385.5 3498 3857.5 3867 3911.5 4376.5 4090 3402 1612 3652 NM_005375LUA#86 2929 2138 780 2591 3000 3007 2930 3132 3068 2187 846.5 2508NM_000250 LUA#87 3651 3489 1765 3299 3612 3693 3847 4025 3686.5 36471803 3408 NM_004526 LUA#88 1880 1497 585 1628 1882 1926 2035.5 2119 20561644 650 1709 NM_004741 LUA#89 1381 700 242 992.5 1014 1103 1378 14161429 794 253 998.5 NM_002467 LUA#90 2628 2183.5 955 2420 2720 2741 27842979 2694 2237.5 1032 2422 ACTB LUA#91 3135 2568 1118.5 3053.5 3423.53204 3422 3556 3070 2801.5 1285 3053 TFRC LUA#92 1174 664 207 912 11131032 1189 1370 1388 813 235 1034 GAPDH_5 LUA#93 2447 2014.5 859 2239.52438 2261 2400 2572 2390.5 2139 1023 2433 GAPDH_M LUA#94 4314 45282358.5 4048 4414 4150 4464 4643 4474 4483.5 2639.5 4111 GAPDH_3 LUA#954468 4283 3479 3998 4500 4518 4621 4645.5 4414 4249 3411 4026 Table 5D.Microtiter plates FlexMap description ID dmso35 dmso36 dmso37 dmso38dmso39 dmso40 dmso41 dmso42 dmso43 dmso44 dmso45 dmso46 NM_005736 LUA#1800 833 740.5 838.5 652 751.5 746 714.5 87 136 806 835 NM_000070 LUA#2605.5 588.5 578.5 652.5 538 377.5 350 518 67 62.5 534.5 556 NM_018217LUA#3 1308.5 1279.5 1242 1243.5 1030 901 915 1109.5 89 167 1158.5 1114NM_004782 LUA#4 1238 1228 1232 1133 974 882.5 885.5 1085 96 187.5 1077.51018 NM_014962 LUA#5 1158 1208 1175 1187 1015 823 819 1036 87 161 11041084 NM_004514 LUA#46 1237 1258 1186 1216 1067.5 909 946 1072 88 1781161 1144 NM_006773 LUA#47 769 741 699.5 701.5 619 544 528 685.5 88 128653 647 NM_014288 LUA#48 733 721.5 667 692 609.5 478 510 676 132 140.5643.5 702 NM_017440 LUA#49 582 547 529 527 462 423 387 490 73 97.5 501562 NM_007331 LUA#50 744 743 749.5 756 670.5 465 464 657 66 92 679 711.5NM_173823 LUA#6 761 855 839 836 801 520.5 491.5 695 47 64 894 880NM_000962 LUA#7 309 343.5 293 332 297 178 186 245 44 30 295 316.5NM_003825 LUA#8 286 240 257 299 278.5 182 215.5 256 62 72 306 331NM_016061 LUA#9 586 658.5 613 659 536 369 398.5 507 66 83.5 557.5 606NM_000153 LUA#10 47.5 56 50 57 56 46 40.5 41 29 28 54 64 NM_006948LUA#51 62 61.5 69.5 67 67 56 51 51 29 15 57.5 71 NM_004631 LUA#52 643.5646 686.5 663 591 328 336 545 80 92.5 615 650 NM_002358 LUA#53 573.5 540564 592 580 419 385 538 36.5 49 559 606.5 NM_013402 LUA#54 966 978 921940.5 856.5 563.5 599 823 46 95 875 880 NM_000875 LUA#55 1285.5 11331138 1263 1075 1092 1048 1124 106 188.5 1221 1110 NM_001974 LUA#11 138141 155.5 212 134 83 93 119 36 35 137 207 NM_000632 LUA#12 387 363 342400 356 348 296 342 47.5 53 353 359.5 NM_006457 LUA#13 62 71.5 61 8178.5 55 49 48.5 28 23 75 63 NM_000698 LUA#14 146 141 122 167 160.5 135125.5 121.5 40 33.5 148 200 NM_032571 LUA#15 164 176.5 167.5 169 138 110109 129.5 28 33 160 172 NM_006138 LUA#56 166.5 146 121 158.5 152 141.5125 125 39 46 135 151 NM_015201 LUA#57 686.5 706 631.5 729 656 569 485618 42 74 666 624 NM_006985 LUA#58 638 615 623 582 538 345 345 555 37 54584 588 NM_004095 LUA#59 304 350 338.5 374 354 235 211 281 38 46 316 357NM_005914 LUA#60 2448.5 2103 2338 1967.5 1571 1343 1339 2015 118 2301893 1677 NM_007282 LUA#16 3893.5 3874.5 3637.5 3391 3071 3437 3494 3535359 966 3373 3307 NM_003644 LUA#17 446 449.5 439 424 365.5 311 308.5 40653 79 411 413 NM_001498 LUA#18 1703 1725 1714 1637 1450 1059 1094 155069 141 1618 1541 NM_003172 LUA#19 3764 3726.5 3602 3543 2943 3368 3715.53362 481 1067 3343 3330 NM_004723 LUA#20 813.5 783 707 724 636 453 457671.5 41 77 685 708 NM_014366 LUA#61 1911 1754 1710 1737.5 1493 17701731 1733 126 331.5 1643 1713 NM_003581 LUA#62 257.5 265 351 494.5 436221.5 299 340 41 42 405 615.5 NM_018115 LUA#63 2928.5 2916 2747 28142454.5 2212 2288.5 2701 162.5 384 2539.5 2803 NM_021974 LUA#64 1901 19371813 1847 1596 1284.5 1344 1669 113 212.5 1647.5 1703 NM_024045 LUA#65479 524 444 568 465 367 340.5 409.5 40.5 56 475 450 NM_004079 LUA#213238 3361 3198 3133 2881 2391 2398 2889 181 455 3041.5 2926 NM_000414LUA#22 568 553 535 523 514 336 297 495 40.5 46 491.5 489 NM_001684LUA#23 2275 2323.5 2187 2171 1887.5 1959.5 1968 2061 177.5 450.5 2037.52024 NM_003879 LUA#24 986.5 968.5 943.5 939 784 585 663 892 49 93 827895.5 NM_002166 LUA#25 1657 1602 1549 1381 965.5 726 980.5 1589 75 1661280 1227.5 NM_005952 LUA#66 1260 1233.5 1097 1147 991 801.5 831 1068 58116.5 1122.5 1144 NM_001034 LUA#67 626 529 574 618 505 295 404 608.5 4558 619 704 NM_003132 LUA#68 482 469 474.5 473 389 253.5 259.5 423 46.546 408 387 NM_018164 LUA#69 170 161 167 261 164 111.5 136 151 45 39 201256 NM_014573 LUA#70 267.5 271 267 275.5 244 160 170 247 32 43.5 243 207NM_014333 LUA#26 1364.5 1335.5 1312 1377.5 1155 983 962.5 1199.5 104 1911229.5 1285 NM_006432 LUA#27 642 639 657 680.5 551 408 416 547 59 84 598584.5 NM_000433 LUA#28 1066 942 920 924 750 515 567.5 860 47 80 841 797NM_000147 LUA#29 529 555.5 529 517 462.5 387 380 487.5 45 65 533 539NM_000584 LUA#30 242 278 258 423 221 124 161 199.5 40 40 257.5 294NM_006452 LUA#71 2013 2089 2061 1989 1848 1611.5 1467.5 1781 101 221.51882 1980.5 NM_005915 LUA#72 1188 1179 1051.5 1098 845 584.5 691 948 59101 1030.5 1063 NM_005980 LUA#73 153 160 142 150.5 126.5 112 104 137 3832 140.5 128 NM_002539 LUA#74 2191 2195 2121 2170 1808.5 1433 1564.51898 118 287.5 2001.5 1947 NM_019058 LUA#75 2782 2271.5 2318 2538.5 21711860 2008 2257 134 341 2417 2269 NM_004152 LUA#31 1261 1241 1153 1334991 696 753 1089 54 100 1113 1186 NM_004602 LUA#32 265.5 213 162 220199.5 625 660 131 93 90 275 257.5 NM_018890 LUA#33 2075 2485 2508.53390.5 1910 2162 2101 2009.5 165.5 458 2526 2784.5 NM_001101 LUA#343429.5 3266.5 3048 3076 2572 2528 2638 3090 204 538.5 2953 2968NM_006019 LUA#35 466 541 465 530.5 460 286 331 389.5 40.5 51 471 498NM_004134 LUA#76 1792.5 1804.5 1765 1703.5 1324 1003 1120 1633.5 80 1641503.5 1611.5 NM_005008 LUA#77 1191 1314 1203 1286 965.5 702 700 1069 68121 1117 1163 NM_020117 LUA#78 3834 3886 3716.5 3752.5 3058 2885 32103558 317 821.5 3341 3770 NM_001469 LUA#79 681 598.5 718.5 792 616 403431 600 49 70 579.5 749 NM_021203 LUA#80 807 744 750 772 661 371 410 68649 69 730.5 642.5 NM_002624 LUA#36 278 328.5 338 388 292 234 213.5 274.534 48.5 323.5 411 NM_004759 LUA#37 193 202 188 206 158 134 138 184.5 3842 180 185 NM_002664 LUA#38 714 737 750 734 590 385.5 418 645.5 40 64.5656 700.5 NM_000211 LUA#39 3006 2869 2683 2721 1875 1271 1745 2569 132322.5 2468.5 2468 NM_002468 LUA#40 379 415 338.5 380 305 294 281.5 29445 51.5 378 353.5 NM_000884 LUA#81 1287 1282 1226 1286.5 1040 779.5 8651131.5 70 124 1225 1136 NM_003752 LUA#82 1821.5 1763 1615.5 1734 14871332.5 1338 1538 91.5 208.5 1630 1496 NM_018256 LUA#83 2020.5 1982 18501812.5 1542.5 1282 1341.5 1768 89 218.5 1730.5 1731 NM_001948 LUA#843271 3345 3206 3253 2653 2216.5 2299 2996 214 499 3014.5 2966 NM_005566LUA#85 2684 2614.5 2520 2485 2077 1560 1596 2313 109 268 2317 2122.5NM_021103 LUA#41 2997 2869 2675 2722 2340 2323.5 2451 2529 321 666 26582720.5 NM_002970 LUA#42 648 665.5 668 715 587.5 354 371 529 72 91 654.5656 NM_003332 LUA#43 1942.5 2132 2127 2213 1879 953.5 987 1653.5 218.5335 1969 1813 NM_004106 LUA#44 375 377.5 366 397.5 359 217.5 210 330 4755 348 355 NM_002982 LUA#45 3896.5 3808 3711 3649 3206 3020 3081 3635273 694 3579 3162 NM_005375 LUA#86 2763 2813 2692 2661.5 2436 18241784.5 2537 157 354 2526.5 2672 NM_000250 LUA#87 3517 3557 3405 34673013 3199.5 3142 3251 299 711 3253 3188.5 NM_004526 LUA#88 1885 19151804.5 1852 1579.5 1229 1326.5 1636 115 248 1701 1706.5 NM_004741 LUA#891002 1136 1118 1351 929.5 501 537.5 825 90 128 977.5 1228.5 NM_002467LUA#90 2713 2738 2634 2516 2218 1932 1877 2262 270 462 2574 2413 ACTBLUA#91 3240 3312 3154 3122.5 2542.5 2334 2382.5 2809.5 185 452 28302846.5 TFRC LUA#92 1052 1166 1040 1153 979.5 598 566.5 952 71 108.5 1087990 GAPDH_5 LUA#93 2458 2471 2312 2286 1881 1785.5 1872 2132 141.5 3322197 1991.5 GAPDH_M LUA#94 4477.5 4376 3992.5 4130 3535.5 4220 42983887.5 405 961.5 3835 3521 GAPDH_3 LUA#95 4410 4411 4111.5 4179 3477.54067 4018.5 3937 1107 2164 3853 3345 Table 5E. Microtiter plates FlexMapdescription ID dmso47 tretinoin1 tretinoin2 tretinoin3 tretinoin4tretinoin5 tretinoin6 tretinoin7 tretinoin8 tretinoin9 NM_005736 LUA#1712.5 1007 600 745 120 784.5 969 868 403 1056 NM_000070 LUA#2 542 645609.5 617.5 257 804.5 748 679 244 752 NM_018217 LUA#3 972 1449 1280.51420 201 1539.5 1583 1510 682.5 1494.5 NM_004782 LUA#4 880.5 1159.51019.5 1093 191.5 1254 1263 1211.5 610.5 1219.5 NM_014962 LUA#5 10371464 1254 1316.5 176 1544 1556 1381 600 1344 NM_004514 LUA#46 941 11371091 1095 124 1305 1280 1218 659 1230.5 NM_006773 LUA#47 518 891 958980.5 376 1067 994 1039 537 1062.5 NM_014288 LUA#48 524 640 712 763.5370 801 816 737 395.5 809 NM_017440 LUA#49 461 544 516 515 226.5 586612.5 615 298 622 NM_007331 LUA#50 638.5 912 911 865 183 1163.5 1068 987369 958 NM_173823 LUA#6 960 1186.5 1029 1067 66 1345 1453 1179 381.51145.5 NM_000962 LUA#7 353 753 749 829.5 56 863 827.5 775 259 910.5NM_003825 LUA#8 399 472 311 338 90 452 463 392 149 374 NM_016061 LUA#9615 1280 1287 1337 110 1411 1519 1429 611 1267 NM_000153 LUA#10 119 141148 144 44 160 184 146 57 152 NM_006948 LUA#51 75 75.5 64.5 65.5 37.5 7566 94 47 67.5 NM_004631 LUA#52 651 893.5 845 865 133 1055 1218 998.5 283808 NM_002358 LUA#53 498 418.5 426 405 34 477 491 522 210.5 523NM_013402 LUA#54 789 1188.5 1164 1216 51 1393.5 1428 1345 506 1246NM_000875 LUA#55 958 1248 1018.5 1094.5 75 1151.5 1201 1151.5 672 1198NM_001974 LUA#11 198 826 132 221 30 240 313 382 72 590 NM_000632 LUA#12363 485.5 406 446.5 45.5 519 580 537 172 496.5 NM_006457 LUA#13 135 8379 67 36 91 109.5 88.5 38 81 NM_000698 LUA#14 220 252 202 222 47 259284.5 292 92 236 NM_032571 LUA#15 191 193 192 197 53 236 253 217 71 239NM_006138 LUA#56 210 557 420 445 45 467.5 500 464 203 494 NM_015201LUA#57 705.5 1456 1263 1605 73 1699.5 1741 1620 797 1647.5 NM_006985LUA#58 486.5 1364 1663 1539 48 1704.5 1609 1657 540 1438.5 NM_004095LUA#59 376 714 733 799.5 43 891 900 902 277 764 NM_005914 LUA#60 13841942 1765.5 1972 209 2367 2086.5 2213 1002 1994 NM_007282 LUA#16 25073727.5 3308 3659.5 148 4025.5 3945 3663.5 2556 3643 NM_003644 LUA#17374.5 374 336 376 136.5 402.5 436 387.5 203 400 NM_001498 LUA#18 1440.51427 1476.5 1522.5 89 1721 1766 1670 620 1578 NM_003172 LUA#19 2385.53240 3377 3457 142 3452 3345.5 3194.5 2743 3711 NM_004723 LUA#20 588 977863 1030.5 44 1074 1047 982 435 1148 NM_014366 LUA#61 1280.5 1716 17361892 51.5 1915 1973 1899 1422.5 1937.5 NM_003581 LUA#62 345 742 360 45548 551 988 918.5 186 626.5 NM_018115 LUA#63 2140 3715 3778.5 3863 1043963 3999.5 3870.5 2808.5 3954 NM_021974 LUA#64 1382 2119 2344.5 2289107.5 2544 2617.5 2309 1258 2411.5 NM_024045 LUA#65 484 771 761 793 47917 904 960.5 346 825 NM_004079 LUA#21 2374.5 3579.5 3604 3848 137.54150 4022 3854 1810 3690.5 NM_000414 LUA#22 504.5 669 806.5 897 37 930.5889.5 848 319 954 NM_001684 LUA#23 1613 3259 2761.5 3205 115 3451 35223269 2585 3440 NM_003879 LUA#24 707 1579.5 1854 1864 56 2010 2086 1929996 1963 NM_002166 LUA#25 838 2678.5 2699 3180 82 2976 2983 2559 19053511.5 NM_005952 LUA#66 943 957 924 940 58 976 1108 1027.5 375.5 941NM_001034 LUA#67 554 891 421 558 64.5 662 644 688 186.5 824 NM_003132LUA#68 411.5 374 402.5 388 53.5 506 493 404 97.5 371 NM_018164 LUA#69207 258 161 205 45 239 301 343 88.5 244 NM_014573 LUA#70 283 446.5 172196 52 244 306 260 86 369 NM_014333 LUA#26 1010.5 1288 1167 1274.5 2491456.5 1539 1513 672.5 1394.5 NM_006432 LUA#27 528 663 465 539 116.5748.5 749 805 261 687 NM_000433 LUA#28 594 353 431.5 443.5 37 540 453.5429 158 476.5 NM_000147 LUA#29 472 271 214 261 49 313 299 265 94 297.5NM_000584 LUA#30 380 1027 270 453 50 411 600 505.5 116 723 NM_006452LUA#71 1689 1715 1680 1742.5 83.5 2089 2031 1986 764 1717 NM_005915LUA#72 768 481 443 497.5 50 517 560 541 173 543 NM_005980 LUA#73 147 10690 96 46 92.5 99 112 47 90 NM_002539 LUA#74 1486 794.5 825 806.5 62.5906 907 906 341 879 NM_019058 LUA#75 1861 2700.5 2316 2808 62.5 26072827 2598 1106 2635 NM_004152 LUA#31 844 613.5 664 635.5 50 804.5 811920 225 661 NM_004602 LUA#32 439 967.5 114 307 49 178.5 275.5 231 315364 NM_018890 LUA#33 1456 3289.5 2445.5 3142 144 3827.5 3781 4048.5 16713276.5 NM_001101 LUA#34 2148 2044 2141 2169 72 2194 2152 2208 1143.52249.5 NM_006019 LUA#35 475.5 431 378 402 61 452 533 447 108 403NM_004134 LUA#76 1078 1012 1176 1010.5 67 1224.5 1261.5 1071.5 361 1060NM_005008 LUA#77 895 1088 865 951 60 1096.5 1252.5 1117.5 281 1095NM_020117 LUA#78 2483 2041 2196.5 2274 75.5 2432 2308 2248 1261 2246NM_001469 LUA#79 496.5 850 405 467.5 47 592.5 796 833 164 637 NM_021203LUA#80 559 396.5 401 428 50 487 504 437.5 92 406 NM_002624 LUA#36 354.5378 268 348 52 451.5 542.5 417 124 342.5 NM_004759 LUA#37 183.5 130 145140 49 150.5 165 169 45.5 133 NM_002664 LUA#38 573 797 806 872 56.5 987938.5 870 293 950.5 NM_000211 LUA#39 1417 1438.5 1493 1537 64 1639 16471273.5 446 1558 NM_002468 LUA#40 370 463 273 333 55 355 441 352.5 117.5387 NM_000884 LUA#81 967 907 802.5 882 79 1048.5 1027.5 931 331.5 962NM_003752 LUA#82 1327 1015 949 1033 56 1119 1129.5 1088 467 1103NM_018256 LUA#83 1250.5 951 1138 1055 66.5 1193 1204.5 1181 447.5 1205NM_001948 LUA#84 2244.5 2685 2401.5 2620 110.5 2687 2842.5 2584 10712714 NM_005566 LUA#85 1709 1526.5 1628 1860.5 67.5 1881 1746.5 1895 6301630 NM_021103 LUA#41 1926 2244.5 2051 2229 111.5 2407 2540 2141 12712148 NM_002970 LUA#42 624 821 659.5 791 125 970.5 975 816 233 695NM_003332 LUA#43 1965 1940.5 1658 1865 312 2451 2442.5 2074 594 1769NM_004106 LUA#44 347.5 348.5 281 335 53 351 392 399 96 302 NM_002982LUA#45 2713 3642 2895 3096 129.5 3463.5 3752 3173 1511 3062 NM_005375LUA#86 2159 2531 2256 2421 167.5 2822 2752 2748 1102 2492.5 NM_000250LUA#87 2546.5 2107 2130.5 2120 88 2263 2364 2168 1006 2120 NM_004526LUA#88 1386 1245 1195 1263 84 1418 1400.5 1287 493.5 1316.5 NM_004741LUA#89 933 1599 1127.5 1113.5 153 1546 1679 1620 315.5 1160 NM_002467LUA#90 1956 1673 1851 1710.5 295 2200 2298 1831 739.5 1677 ACTB LUA#912149.5 2840.5 3108 3160.5 93 3297 3543 3123 1706 3268 TFRC LUA#92 1049775 707.5 768 73 1002.5 1062 878.5 259 904 GAPDH_5 LUA#93 1561.5 20612169.5 2073 80 2401 2387 2222 1175 2449 GAPDH_M LUA#94 2911.5 3948 37613945 135 4111 4218 3809 2710.5 4026 GAPDH_3 LUA#95 2910 4091 3621 4239.5277 4336 4378.5 3889 3607 4420.5 Table 5F. Microtiter plates FlexMapdescription ID tretinoin10 tretinoin11 tretinoin12 tretinoin13tretinoin14 tretinoin15 tretinoin16 tretinoin17 tretinoin18 tretinoin19NM_005736 LUA#1 645 651.5 674.5 735.5 698 796 882 791 689 699 NM_000070LUA#2 664 625 565 704 699 728.5 711.5 723.5 700 635 NM_018217 LUA#3 13641259 1292.5 1313 1384.5 1423 1521.5 1476 1348 1316 NM_004782 LUA#4 11071102 1041 1177.5 1148 1130 1235 1243 1214 1168 NM_014962 LUA#5 1169 11201197 1283 1243 1247.5 1277.5 1244 1215.5 1154 NM_004514 LUA#46 1104.51065.5 1095 1188.5 1228 1147 1236 1267 1212 1126.5 NM_006773 LUA#47 10121004.5 946 1062 1037 1097 1217.5 1141 1139.5 1101.5 NM_014288 LUA#48777.5 770 765 771 805.5 793 896.5 895 861 801.5 NM_017440 LUA#49 557 520523 557 591 626.5 692 633 588 568 NM_007331 LUA#50 881 812 753 849 919879 897 978 854.5 837.5 NM_173823 LUA#6 963 952 995.5 1024.5 1050 10811034 1040 1026 946 NM_000962 LUA#7 762 738.5 738.5 864 902 752.5 845 860784 779 NM_003825 LUA#8 299 334 341.5 358 252 310 327.5 324 309 274.5NM_016061 LUA#9 1213 1145.5 1169.5 1280 1352 1241 1351 1380 1258 1197.5NM_000153 LUA#10 156.5 142 135 150 148.5 138 166 175 157 144.5 NM_006948LUA#51 69 62 63.5 72.5 65.5 66 72 80 64 62.5 NM_004631 LUA#52 768 722.5723 823 790 782 743 734 715 668.5 NM_002358 LUA#53 472 428 395 462 455552 548 527 445.5 414 NM_013402 LUA#54 1081.5 1089.5 1098 1196 12711266.5 1222 1215 1143 1087 NM_000875 LUA#55 1088.5 1079.5 1051 1151 11121167 1284 1241 1177 1060 NM_001974 LUA#11 169.5 194 254 355 223.5 263231 205 211 175 NM_000632 LUA#12 393.5 405 394 451.5 442 478 551 484.5434.5 403 NM_006457 LUA#13 74 71 80 75 77 84 82 75.5 77 67 NM_000698LUA#14 190 205 169 233 215 234 237.5 218.5 214 184 NM_032571 LUA#15 194177 178 217 217 219 212 217.5 198 208 NM_006138 LUA#56 412.5 383 396459.5 498 441 511.5 528.5 429 436 NM_015201 LUA#57 1394 1432 1363 15001520 1702 1654.5 1623 1554 1485 NM_006985 LUA#58 1445 1332 1321.5 1558.51539.5 1511 1579 1614 1465 1349 NM_004095 LUA#59 677.5 673 714 723 761813 888 849 713 743 NM_005914 LUA#60 2195 1712.5 1855 1767.5 1964 2001.52183 2217.5 1849 1801 NM_007282 LUA#16 3404 3317 3420 3720 3640 36283771 3742 3829 3740 NM_003644 LUA#17 382 379 360 396 403 384 420 424420.5 395.5 NM_001498 LUA#18 1428 1422 1451 1542.5 1650 1646.5 1659 16431534 1547 NM_003172 LUA#19 3489.5 3393 3442.5 3630 3640 3407 3561.53713.5 3684 3729 NM_004723 LUA#20 1006 1055 941.5 1072 1070 1033.51103.5 1121 1101 1058 NM_014366 LUA#61 1858 1818.5 1815 1958 1893 19552124 2045 1954.5 1939 NM_003581 LUA#62 461 459 490 1104 560.5 575.5 784492 442 292.5 NM_018115 LUA#63 3868 3688 3621.5 3997.5 4012 4038 41834186 3995.5 3973 NM_021974 LUA#64 2317 2285 2229 2359.5 2501 2395 23752577 2473 2448 NM_024045 LUA#65 751 715.5 652 803 823 922 958 891.5 766704 NM_004079 LUA#21 3401 3346 3386 3649 3578.5 3621 3487 3722 3500 3466NM_000414 LUA#22 849 886 876 922 959 923 991 997 1006 975.5 NM_001684LUA#23 3100 3084 3141 3356.5 3190 3092 3330 3482 3482 3375 NM_003879LUA#24 1887.5 1750.5 1837 1884.5 1982 2019 1981.5 2000 1908 1739NM_002166 LUA#25 3185 2943.5 2941 3269 3091 2616 2919 3433 3462 2977NM_005952 LUA#66 876 786 799 803.5 902 990 1022.5 960 878 811 NM_001034LUA#67 493 529 561 721 515.5 682 767.5 716 677 449.5 NM_003132 LUA#68347.5 309 330 344 404 351.5 355 349.5 350.5 323 NM_018164 LUA#69 193 163225 324.5 196 284 359 269 277.5 175 NM_014573 LUA#70 193 198 204 268232.5 272 262 277.5 256 187 NM_014333 LUA#26 1261 1234 1285 1432 13391336.5 1431.5 1414 1322.5 1274 NM_006432 LUA#27 589 537 543 644.5 587652 654 625 592.5 501 NM_000433 LUA#28 519.5 465 439 478 544 475 576 543515.5 491.5 NM_000147 LUA#29 231 253 261 242 286 280 269 256.5 266 242NM_000584 LUA#30 268 331.5 415.5 491 316 397 371.5 438 375.5 271NM_006452 LUA#71 1525.5 1457 1651 1599 1661 1895 1960 1641.5 1669 1592NM_005915 LUA#72 442 446 457 449 507.5 501 489 502 463 469 NM_005980LUA#73 94 88 90.5 85 94.5 97 114 91 95 93.5 NM_002539 LUA#74 793.5 759750.5 783 845 953 975 909 783 795 NM_019058 LUA#75 2292.5 2282.5 25652388 2535.5 2484 2654.5 2545 2583 2289 NM_004152 LUA#31 630 607 706.5700 697 751 782 717 646 677 NM_004602 LUA#32 102 102 113 124 98 205 540400 104 138 NM_018890 LUA#33 2566.5 2827.5 3299 3828 3031.5 3314.5 33852517 3080.5 2211 NM_001101 LUA#34 2072 1968.5 2040.5 2060.5 2190 22592320 2389.5 2222 2133.5 NM_006019 LUA#35 336.5 316.5 346 403 354 404 367363 348 346 NM_004134 LUA#76 952 989 1087 1135 1163 1017.5 1092 10831053.5 1056 NM_005008 LUA#77 826 834.5 886 963.5 996 949 884 937.5 914857 NM_020117 LUA#78 2051 2083 2189 2086.5 2301 2289.5 2334 2460 22602288 NM_001469 LUA#79 433 407 554 697 555 594.5 461 448.5 502.5 369NM_021203 LUA#80 345 387 409 387 426 427 412 427 416 381.5 NM_002624LUA#36 273 266 280 324 295 328 304 291 286 271 NM_004759 LUA#37 122 120127 128 144.5 135.5 147 132 124 134 NM_002664 LUA#38 847.5 834 832 873937.5 902 875 929 902.5 944 NM_000211 LUA#39 1491 1458.5 1552 1507 16241206 1321 1614 1564.5 1554 NM_002468 LUA#40 259.5 253.5 269 284 279 315376 349.5 262 279 NM_000884 LUA#81 784 800 844 868 921 887 940 932 895849 NM_003752 LUA#82 952 992 998 943 993 1078 1145 1140 982.5 993NM_018256 LUA#83 1089 1074.5 1091 1043 1123 1201.5 1267 1209.5 1127 1218NM_001948 LUA#84 2343 2452 2481 2585.5 2510 2541 2508 2564.5 2473 2549NM_005566 LUA#85 1548.5 1448 1550.5 1600 1689 1693.5 1735 1768 15611536.5 NM_021103 LUA#41 2065 1955.5 2142 2153 2196 2101 2263.5 2283 21522177 NM_002970 LUA#42 513.5 548.5 668 657 594 594.5 606 530 611 610.5NM_003332 LUA#43 1333 1474 1892 1924 1823 1789 1557 1583.5 1724 1751.5NM_004106 LUA#44 243.5 224 272 284 273 267 288 241 272.5 253 NM_002982LUA#45 2470 2373.5 2700 2650 2725 2864 2951.5 2762 2734.5 2708 NM_005375LUA#86 2294.5 2336.5 2443 2444.5 2426 2521 2719 2526.5 2478 2523.5NM_000250 LUA#87 2043 1985 1993 2045 2198.5 2355.5 2463 2159 2135 2254NM_004526 LUA#88 1153 1095.5 1178 1222.5 1322.5 1285 1299 1245 1257.51168.5 NM_004741 LUA#89 755.5 845 1009 1203 1030 1084 1146 1021 897 788NM_002467 LUA#90 1510 1469 1648 1680 1767.5 1684 1670 1715.5 1649.5 1681ACTB LUA#91 3243 3090 3181 3245 3443.5 3098.5 3174.5 3348 3385 3370 TFRCLUA#92 692 743 812 830 855 839 816 843.5 762.5 801 GAPDH_5 LUA#93 22421971.5 2105 2295 2386.5 2392 2183 2284 2124 2235 GAPDH_M LUA#94 38583566.5 3872 3913 3933 3983 3872 4090 3926 3949.5 GAPDH_3 LUA#95 39153968 4259 4355 4446 4043 4225.5 4362 4541 4571 Table 5G. Microtiterplates FlexMap description ID tretinoin20 tretinoin21 tretinoin22tretinoin23 tretinoin24 tretinoin25 tretinoin26 tretinoin27 tretinoin28tretinoin29 NM_005736 LUA#1 640 730 788 766 718.5 145.5 751 792.5 778.5741.5 NM_000070 LUA#2 685 687.5 755 686 478 115 700 690 707.5 750NM_018217 LUA#3 1359 1442 1484 1465 1196 235 1307 1438 1438 1492NM_004782 LUA#4 1134 1250 1263 1217 962 226 1119 1230 1371 1286.5NM_014962 LUA#5 1192 1211 1294 1182 872 218 1154 1277.5 1326.5 1336NM_004514 LUA#46 1159 1194 1197.5 1151 971.5 243 1114 1193.5 1243 1193NM_006773 LUA#47 1043 1086 1044.5 1145 874 229.5 1091 1167 1177.5 1171NM_014288 LUA#48 867 887 849 859 606 198 905 883.5 896 853 NM_017440LUA#49 563.5 606.5 635 668 504 126.5 572 648.5 629 633.5 NM_007331LUA#50 804 879 877 868 608 128 875 901 875 857 NM_173823 LUA#6 1031.51028 1074.5 1021 710 89 1015.5 996 1138 1126 NM_000962 LUA#7 786 838 835742.5 502 92 805 820 873.5 847 NM_003825 LUA#8 293.5 304 303.5 303 20884.5 314 265.5 328 358.5 NM_016061 LUA#9 1161 1212 1243.5 1255 942 195.51273 1292 1309 1366 NM_000153 LUA#10 142.5 166 147 124.5 108 42 176 157173.5 164 NM_006948 LUA#51 63.5 72 79.5 82 59 30.5 88 79 73 75.5NM_004631 LUA#52 675 735.5 722 673 420 123 680.5 683 730 736 NM_002358LUA#53 404 452 468 552 396 65 522 505 462 479.5 NM_013402 LUA#54 11701190.5 1234.5 1175 847 159 1146 1184.5 1207 1299 NM_000875 LUA#55 11061147 1164 1109.5 1133 244 1050 1207.5 1186.5 1240 NM_001974 LUA#11 192.5244 328 229 131 41 187 206 326 280.5 NM_000632 LUA#12 416 462 441 466399 62 417 427.5 472 485.5 NM_006457 LUA#13 71 77 88 76.5 62 29 91 70 7788 NM_000698 LUA#14 184 221 218.5 240 183 51 234 217 231 250 NM_032571LUA#15 197 206 211 210 146.5 39 207.5 199.5 237 225 NM_006138 LUA#56 439465 463 492 400 76 505.5 508 481 455 NM_015201 LUA#57 1474 1697 1545.51613 1288 239 1501.5 1566.5 1693 1688 NM_006985 LUA#58 1404 1426.5 13911466 1025 152.5 1520 1559.5 1588.5 1516.5 NM_004095 LUA#59 781 826.5 724833.5 508 80.5 750 786 836.5 825 NM_005914 LUA#60 1889 2185 2217 25831861 314 1944 2405 2103 2084.5 NM_007282 LUA#16 3819 3830 3905 3599 33551195 3365 3717 3937 3873 NM_003644 LUA#17 418 413 423 392.5 312.5 90.5407 394 423 439.5 NM_001498 LUA#18 1596 1583 1644.5 1592.5 1126 194.51507 1592 1675 1729 NM_003172 LUA#19 3734 3740 3765 3485.5 3527 1393.53551 3869 3875.5 3546 NM_004723 LUA#20 1025 1135.5 1076 967 712.5 1421098 1078 1129 1205.5 NM_014366 LUA#61 1866 1983.5 1990 1945 2046 505.51985 2063 2011 2041 NM_003581 LUA#62 349 459 725 486 433.5 59 330 467542 538 NM_018115 LUA#63 4087.5 4059 3982 3939 3665 1204 4071 4113 41674218 NM_021974 LUA#64 2484 2467.5 2483 2350 1757 441 2372.5 2637 25672591 NM_024045 LUA#65 729.5 798 779.5 770 587 99 747 790 826 797NM_004079 LUA#21 3552 3605.5 3495 3377 2652.5 688.5 3443.5 3592 35313582 NM_000414 LUA#22 941 1003 979 933 633 96.5 1010 1015 1053 1005NM_001684 LUA#23 3316.5 3530 3511 3136.5 3092 1247 3338 3430.5 35903642.5 NM_003879 LUA#24 1848 2031 1977 1896.5 1645 342 1984 2060 2126.52034 NM_002166 LUA#25 3071 3382.5 3762.5 2832 2572 617 3016 3708 3766.53602.5 NM_005952 LUA#66 814.5 845 850.5 894.5 737 127 851.5 850.5 872913 NM_001034 LUA#67 484 710 707.5 608 337 64 394.5 517 729.5 805NM_003132 LUA#68 333.5 304 353 334 199 50.5 314 304.5 342 355.5NM_018164 LUA#69 170 247 293 223 225.5 51 168 196 284 297 NM_014573LUA#70 189 231 251 273.5 154 52 216.5 199 237 267.5 NM_014333 LUA#261265 1399.5 1470 1456.5 1091 254 1237 1396 1489.5 1499 NM_006432 LUA#27554.5 605.5 690 686 480 101.5 574 628.5 679 694.5 NM_000433 LUA#28 541499 552 488.5 308 69 478 551.5 545 548.5 NM_000147 LUA#29 273 266 299278 198.5 49 207 257.5 286 277.5 NM_000584 LUA#30 231 358 433 352 199 57314 280 411 431 NM_006452 LUA#71 1830 1544.5 1789 1876.5 1259.5 252 14971660 1647 1637 NM_005915 LUA#72 460.5 493.5 510 433.5 306 76 502.5 519491 498 NM_005980 LUA#73 97 94 96 96 83.5 40 101.5 104 95 90 NM_002539LUA#74 902 784.5 850 893 623 129 754 831 786 828 NM_019058 LUA#75 23472353 2439.5 2270 1909 415 2069.5 2436 2667 2983 NM_004152 LUA#31 679 718764 752 450 88 610 631 712 768 NM_004602 LUA#32 95 108 161 115 685 100321.5 251 106 111 NM_018890 LUA#33 2323 3545 3734 3090 3474.5 868 26002734.5 3577 3830 NM_001101 LUA#34 2216 2108.5 2276.5 2231.5 1848.5 4392166.5 2230 2157.5 2312 NM_006019 LUA#35 388 349 414 328.5 242 56 344357.5 392 417 NM_004134 LUA#76 1041 1069 1060.5 987 651 132 1092 10951138.5 1200 NM_005008 LUA#77 853 895 1077 907 520 118 791 852.5 942939.5 NM_020117 LUA#78 2468 2232 2341 2280.5 1844.5 467 2069 2395 22012287 NM_001469 LUA#79 425 580 740.5 599 359 81.5 467 500.5 586 636NM_021203 LUA#80 415 396 437 372 217.5 57 363 405 409.5 445 NM_002624LUA#36 274 294 336 309.5 241.5 48 285 292 355 346 NM_004759 LUA#37 149116 151 130 114 42 178 122 140 139 NM_002664 LUA#38 977.5 914 985 863577.5 111.5 817 950 905 914 NM_000211 LUA#39 1765 1572.5 1714.5 1155 740226 1502 1608 1601.5 1621 NM_002468 LUA#40 284 300 313 272 277 55 266.5327 329 307.5 NM_000884 LUA#81 903 886.5 945 903 570 118 819.5 863 870906 NM_003752 LUA#82 1041 1060 1104 1061 837.5 170 938.5 1068 1038 1035NM_018256 LUA#83 1108 1137 1196 1134 827.5 167 1206.5 1275 1135 1244NM_001948 LUA#84 2580 2584 2660 2423.5 1685.5 408 2252.5 2493 2630 2638NM_005566 LUA#85 1561 1647 1700 1554 1127.5 209 1471 1537 1646 1690.5NM_021103 LUA#41 2307 2172 2274 2057 1814 618 2016 2179 2230 2237.5NM_002970 LUA#42 606 572 551 556 317 112 622 574 616.5 627 NM_003332LUA#43 1942.5 1967.5 1914 1850 794.5 344 1313 1673 2015 2047 NM_004106LUA#44 272 246 291 273 172 64.5 313 251 305 293 NM_002982 LUA#45 2717.52736 2784.5 2777 2331 489 2387.5 2700.5 2681.5 2746.5 NM_005375 LUA#862474 2594 2548 2496 1566.5 360 2233 2415 2634 2525 NM_000250 LUA#872214.5 2002.5 2248 2313 1710 399.5 1844 2084 2015 2121 NM_004526 LUA#881164 1159 1256 1110 796 197 1091 1190 1226 1219 NM_004741 LUA#89 883948.5 1013.5 920 617 168 738 768 924 987 NM_002467 LUA#90 1628.5 17301731 1783 1174 317 1467 1738 1729.5 1861 ACTB LUA#91 3368 3386 3350.53125 2605 672 3275 3524.5 3469 3388 TFRC LUA#92 860.5 835 930.5 845 477109 774 838 892 890 GAPDH_5 LUA#93 2317.5 2229 2328 2155 1768 404.5 21422223 2241 2203 GAPDH_M LUA#94 3957 3991 4132 3551.5 3745 1082 3577 40673950.5 3995 GAPDH_3 LUA#95 4351 4364 4325 4183.5 3891.5 2279 3800.5 43944434 4483 Table 5H. Microtiter plates FlexMap description ID tretinoin30tretinoin31 tretinoin32 tretinoin33 tretinoin34 tretinoin35 tretinoin36tretinoin37 tretinoin38 tretinoin39 NM_005736 LUA#1 769 747 1238.5 1115813.5 721 962.5 1272 847.5 790 NM_000070 LUA#2 689.5 657 758.5 754 803540.5 741 761 740.5 589.5 NM_018217 LUA#3 1322 1374 1573 1436.5 14631150 1445 1403 1383 1174.5 NM_004782 LUA#4 1185.5 1099 1239 1216.5 1215921 1141.5 1079 1213.5 956 NM_014962 LUA#5 1150.5 1180 1240.5 1191 1253853 1132 1133 1258 1011 NM_004514 LUA#46 1094.5 1087 1186 1169.5 1242941 1167 1131 1193 977.5 NM_006773 LUA#47 1033 990 1208 1122 1156 8471103.5 1060.5 1077 922 NM_014288 LUA#48 810 728 911.5 842 881.5 617825.5 791 787 644 NM_017440 LUA#49 589 605.5 756 676 636.5 465 606 652646 518.5 NM_007331 LUA#50 817 843 963 889 941 646.5 873 889.5 926 727NM_173823 LUA#6 1059 1019.5 1053 1013.5 1122 648 994 985.5 1175.5 938NM_000962 LUA#7 852 700.5 819.5 858 900 571.5 816 798 844.5 643NM_003825 LUA#8 306 343 267 332 340 243 288 287 360 352 NM_016061 LUA#91193 1073.5 1220.5 1219 1260 928.5 1243.5 1193 1168 1021 NM_000153LUA#10 142 139 155 171 143.5 110.5 152 145 173 140 NM_006948 LUA#51 76.577.5 91 84 92 68.5 75.5 79 78 74 NM_004631 LUA#52 698 714 696 645 717415 656 645 773.5 621 NM_002358 LUA#53 461 581 624 570 530.5 354 470.5458 553 484 NM_013402 LUA#54 1164 1118 1162 1205 1236 814 1171 1055 1330987 NM_000875 LUA#55 1102 1155 1372 1375 1322 1146 1294 1286 1195 1045.5NM_001974 LUA#11 305.5 276 191 246 259 162.5 192 206 295 226 NM_000632LUA#12 441 482 621 688 451 309 426.5 453 450 447 NM_006457 LUA#13 73 10688 88 92.5 59 79.5 84 96 98 NM_000698 LUA#14 261 264 271.5 260 282 176237 269 279.5 260 NM_032571 LUA#15 201 224.5 213.5 200 216 141 223 213231 214 NM_006138 LUA#56 460 420.5 539 534 484 367 443 470 470.5 449NM_015201 LUA#57 1524 1740 1601 1563 1686 1294 1589.5 1575 1698 1441NM_006985 LUA#58 1336 1304 1469 1513.5 1622.5 982 1517.5 1475 14531167.5 NM_004095 LUA#59 733 717 786 697 764.5 433 732 708.5 793.5 612NM_005914 LUA#60 1856 2038.5 2571 2012.5 1880 1606 1870 1839 1896 1530NM_007282 LUA#16 3508 3192.5 3565 3677 3822.5 3381 3679 3410 3550.5 2848NM_003644 LUA#17 386.5 383 417.5 396 423 301 374 379 432 336 NM_001498LUA#18 1574 1494 1634 1631 1704 1106 1567 1552 1756 1327 NM_003172LUA#19 3400.5 3075 3448 3697 3747 3740 3828 3719 3455.5 2881 NM_004723LUA#20 979 935.5 1064 1087 1182.5 753 1069 975.5 1032.5 798 NM_014366LUA#61 1912 1786 2169.5 2125 2094 1938 2057 2071 1931 1729.5 NM_003581LUA#62 580 836 497.5 667 676 406 453 544 633 625.5 NM_018115 LUA#633832.5 3397 4093 4088 4279.5 3877 4112.5 3898.5 3945 3394 NM_021974LUA#64 2311 2023 2396 2418 2572 2001 2468 2388 2492 1925 NM_024045LUA#65 778 821.5 869 774.5 847.5 557.5 752 697 801 700.5 NM_004079LUA#21 3270 2953 3391 3470 3448 2730.5 3407.5 3299 3366 2635 NM_000414LUA#22 997 865.5 1028 974 1061 630.5 996 885.5 948 778.5 NM_001684LUA#23 3231 3000 3194.5 3326 3417 3351 3506.5 3213.5 3205 2689 NM_003879LUA#24 1900 1735 2096 2056 2072 1621.5 2080 1945 1980.5 1569.5 NM_002166LUA#25 2926 2752 2950 2945 2932 2688.5 2896 2989 2573 2189.5 NM_005952LUA#66 843 867.5 978 977.5 953 645 842 796 927 766.5 NM_001034 LUA#67718 878 591.5 781 904 488 618.5 586.5 694 572 NM_003132 LUA#68 342 274322 361.5 318.5 210 307 316 370.5 250 NM_018164 LUA#69 315 320 241.5360.5 357 178.5 201 241 354 292 NM_014573 LUA#70 252.5 283 251 305 286220 233 257 280 232 NM_014333 LUA#26 1319 1406 1465 1494 1419 1092.51371.5 1338 1429.5 1161 NM_006432 LUA#27 661 705.5 664 722 683 461.5 592634 716 572 NM_000433 LUA#28 523 441 538 528 568 326 499 457 537 346NM_000147 LUA#29 258 300 313 275 294 195 304 253.5 326 246 NM_000584LUA#30 391.5 493 276 416 451 259 288 399.5 432 343.5 NM_006452 LUA#711577.5 1658 1888 1709 1735 1113 1497 1516.5 1840 1397.5 NM_005915 LUA#72481.5 510.5 523 583.5 576 356 504.5 415 564 392.5 NM_005980 LUA#73 90 99124 123 112 81 100 99 105.5 108 NM_002539 LUA#74 830 864 906.5 944.5 939599 833 759 913 662 NM_019058 LUA#75 2325 2239 2435 2754 2662 19832392.5 2181 2399.5 1863 NM_004152 LUA#31 707 677 734 995 718 405 615.5675 744 547 NM_004602 LUA#32 153.5 214 909 1332 203 575 362.5 661 173545 NM_018890 LUA#33 3389 3144 3168 4165 3486 2889 2506 3509 3510 2841.5NM_001101 LUA#34 2091 2067 2357 2333 2374 1832 2294 2114.5 2236 1732NM_006019 LUA#35 361.5 380 336.5 375 398 238 335 355 418 362 NM_004134LUA#76 1049 803.5 933.5 1017 1043.5 699.5 1017 1031 1077.5 763 NM_005008LUA#77 878 900 828 936.5 1033 581 886.5 860.5 949.5 736 NM_020117 LUA#782230 2093 2431 2387.5 2540.5 1912 2311 2187 2354 1724 NM_001469 LUA#79691.5 645 471 654 680.5 506.5 464.5 577 767 627 NM_021203 LUA#80 400 353369 437 476 210 385.5 351.5 442 327 NM_002624 LUA#36 312.5 357 327 291357 234 326 320 376 332.5 NM_004759 LUA#37 147 125.5 134 177 156 107 133132 158 121.5 NM_002664 LUA#38 867 808 927 916.5 1041 612 854.5 843960.5 655 NM_000211 LUA#39 1459.5 1090 1164 1588 1684 1053 1460.5 13631622.5 766.5 NM_002468 LUA#40 270 364 428 462.5 356 285 336 540 393353.5 NM_000884 LUA#81 847 824 971 938 986.5 575 838 813 932 759.5NM_003752 LUA#82 968 1037 1171.5 1058 1106 797 1027.5 973 1082 863NM_018256 LUA#83 1156.5 1089 1223 1153 1309 858 1084.5 996 1123 870NM_001948 LUA#84 2417 2293.5 2372 2431 2615 1881.5 2387 2286 2542 1863NM_005566 LUA#85 1603.5 1464.5 1570 1600.5 1792 1039 1520.5 1348 1667.51186.5 NM_021103 LUA#41 2062 1819 2376 2712 2331.5 1867.5 2178 2117 21831664 NM_002970 LUA#42 557 632 554 689 557 324.5 443 542 579 454NM_003332 LUA#43 2024 1928 1382 1319.5 1562 875.5 1550.5 1649 2060 1620NM_004106 LUA#44 259 257.5 287.5 297 295 172 238 298 282 235 NM_002982LUA#45 2586 2449 3029.5 3071 2895 2314 2978 3409 2749.5 2503.5 NM_005375LUA#86 2374.5 2331 2476 2278.5 2453.5 1650 2201 2224 2486 2014 NM_000250LUA#87 2007 1994 2529 2190 2281 1760 2035 2053.5 2251 1773 NM_004526LUA#88 1199.5 1072 1200 1291 1302 863 1242 1132.5 1240 874 NM_004741LUA#89 948 938 694 1441 960 494 724 909 941 817 NM_002467 LUA#90 17351597 1675.5 1910.5 1668 1121 1574.5 1764.5 1806 1401 ACTB LUA#91 30742741 3236 3178 3290 2654.5 3268 3235 3265 2408.5 TFRC LUA#92 899 882 882800.5 940 534 833 845 1049.5 774.5 GAPDH_5 LUA#93 2041.5 1918 2170.52325 2409.5 1721 2170.5 2079 2197 1628 GAPDH_M LUA#94 3615 3383 39244094 4111 3702 4060 3901 3849 3216 GAPDH_3 LUA#95 4065 3741 4295 41664220 4140 4339.5 4356 4121 3415 Table 5I. Microtiter plates FlexMapdescription ID tretinoin40 tretinoin41 tretinoin42 tretinoin43tretinoin44 tretinoin45 tretinoin46 tretinoin47 NM_005736 LUA#1 92 522909 1432 1896 847 1205.5 695 NM_000070 LUA#2 84.5 400 756 769.5 717.5638.5 741 490.5 NM_018217 LUA#3 189 990 1514 1581 1499 1286 1386 854.5NM_004782 LUA#4 163 811 1306 1264 1063.5 1077 1094 639 NM_014962 LUA#5152.5 726 1269 1290 1213 1076 1134 717 NM_004514 LUA#46 176 834 1159.51224 964 992 1017 626 NM_006773 LUA#47 164 717 1137 1120.5 783 937.5 907576.5 NM_014288 LUA#48 154 477.5 801 816 527.5 706 650 453 NM_017440LUA#49 101 405.5 707 774 716 607 693 477 NM_007331 LUA#50 88 474 915.5927.5 770 739 835 583 NM_173823 LUA#6 84 594.5 1106.5 1168.5 1130.5 10801163 807 NM_000962 LUA#7 63.5 391 761 776 470 646.5 671.5 452 NM_003825LUA#8 81.5 192.5 338 383.5 307.5 331 502 476.5 NM_016061 LUA#9 134 6741086 1267.5 863 975 1073.5 741 NM_000153 LUA#10 35 90 138 150 120 138171.5 223 NM_006948 LUA#51 34 49 82 95 83 79.5 85.5 106.5 NM_004631LUA#52 86.5 322 705 629 524 633 667 532 NM_002358 LUA#53 64 339 572 611366 481 531 433 NM_013402 LUA#54 114 705 1150 1150 806 1051.5 1087 711NM_000875 LUA#55 184 1002 1389.5 1772 1303 1192 1271 810 NM_001974LUA#11 38.5 98 351 256 258 253.5 286.5 224 NM_000632 LUA#12 60 298 544994 932 486 500 525.5 NM_006457 LUA#13 36 51 83 94 84 95 132 200NM_000698 LUA#14 45.5 156 269 394 342 297.5 363 352 NM_032571 LUA#15 31109 203 222.5 165.5 191 270.5 253.5 NM_006138 LUA#56 70 325.5 443 659.5488 437 429 341 NM_015201 LUA#57 182 1154 1768 1714 1251 1398.5 1507930.5 NM_006985 LUA#58 90 720 1223 1310 813 1136.5 983 635 NM_004095LUA#59 72 383 714 665 496.5 650.5 593.5 442 NM_005914 LUA#60 303 13632538.5 2273 1739 1694 1933.5 1154.5 NM_007282 LUA#16 778.5 3067.5 36263678 3097 3055 2958.5 1505 NM_003644 LUA#17 69 255 415 428 359 374 395302 NM_001498 LUA#18 126.5 890.5 1632 1563.5 1134 1467 1510 888NM_003172 LUA#19 818 3200.5 3348 3577.5 2983 2898 2747 1471 NM_004723LUA#20 89 620 1056 982 761 886 853 494.5 NM_014366 LUA#61 383 1773 22362380 1850 1787.5 1681.5 1009.5 NM_003581 LUA#62 62.5 372 962 808 751735.5 801 515 NM_018115 LUA#63 746.5 3193 3722 4141 3225.5 3292.5 30541569 NM_021974 LUA#64 268 1606 2307 2301 1472 1996 1890 1117.5 NM_024045LUA#65 85 495 831 833.5 527 681 728.5 471 NM_004079 LUA#21 350 2202 30083030.5 2326 2816 2701 1488 NM_000414 LUA#22 79.5 477 902 920 503 800 838646 NM_001684 LUA#23 884 3012 3316.5 3512 3036 2755.5 2662 1478NM_003879 LUA#24 225 1355.5 1937.5 1983.5 1275 1677 1564 923 NM_002166LUA#25 411.5 1693.5 2999 2964 2068 1985 2518 1239 NM_005952 LUA#66 104573 891 961 623.5 847.5 775 571 NM_001034 LUA#67 65 447 989 779 733.5645 1063 476 NM_003132 LUA#68 41 126 264.5 264 195.5 257 296 327.5NM_018164 LUA#69 52 170 429 380 304.5 304 358.5 234 NM_014573 LUA#70 43143 320 325 274 243 407.5 300 NM_014333 LUA#26 180.5 949.5 1577 15491309 1337 1390 811 NM_006432 LUA#27 90 394 854.5 800 695 670 719 450NM_000433 LUA#28 53 234 451.5 466 318 421 370.5 244.5 NM_000147 LUA#2948 184 276.5 330.5 274 275 318 288 NM_000584 LUA#30 45 189 470 461 435379 597 352 NM_006452 LUA#71 207.5 1176 1736 1656.5 1374 1531 1587 911.5NM_005915 LUA#72 48 300 495 474 315.5 496 401.5 256.5 NM_005980 LUA#7335.5 83 102 162 149 95 114 168 NM_002539 LUA#74 94 559 886 952 715 861.5822 535 NM_019058 LUA#75 258 1804 2807 2882 2288 2430 2201 1184NM_004152 LUA#31 58 337 710 811 628.5 782 652 408.5 NM_004602 LUA#32458.5 678 736.5 1957 1765.5 664 571.5 773.5 NM_018890 LUA#33 562 25573812.5 4178 4310 3724.5 2984 1462.5 NM_001101 LUA#34 260.5 1606 22062257 1647 1943 1881 904 NM_006019 LUA#35 41 192.5 363 400.5 353 361 402332 NM_004134 LUA#76 78 432.5 873 866 531 759 744 493 NM_005008 LUA#7773 425 885 923 779.5 801 828 525 NM_020117 LUA#78 236.5 1585 2193 2242.51690 1988 1734 848.5 NM_001469 LUA#79 65 320.5 885 739 765 734 561 370NM_021203 LUA#80 53 171 386 377.5 283.5 327 348 279 NM_002624 LUA#36 53180.5 397 381 330.5 336 400.5 394 NM_004759 LUA#37 40.5 67.5 186.5 169134.5 142 145 190 NM_002664 LUA#38 73 478 906 798 599 773 748 512NM_000211 LUA#39 81 598.5 1229 1162.5 868 1061 973 440.5 NM_002468LUA#40 48 285.5 324 728 896.5 343 632 464 NM_000884 LUA#81 82 506 875897 732.5 789 805 513.5 NM_003752 LUA#82 115.5 536.5 1061 1015.5 768.51020 912.5 596 NM_018256 LUA#83 102 717 1252 1104 692.5 1077 929 470NM_001948 LUA#84 255 1430 2470.5 2273.5 1891 2131 2132.5 1104 NM_005566LUA#85 129.5 862.5 1842.5 1550 1000 1282 1196 592 NM_021103 LUA#41 591.51730 2238 2731 2283 1975 1828.5 1027 NM_002970 LUA#42 92 298 598 589622.5 577.5 586 478 NM_003332 LUA#43 274 646 1341.5 1324 1984.5 16512226 1241.5 NM_004106 LUA#44 47 142 253.5 302 321 271 273.5 267NM_002982 LUA#45 286 2331 2514 4037 4231 2722 2898 1696.5 NM_005375LUA#86 273 1380 2455 2357.5 2068 2193 2264 1273.5 NM_000250 LUA#87 261.51504 2135 2243 1820 2094 1863 1124 NM_004526 LUA#88 108 642 1081.5 1122840 1033 1012 641.5 NM_004741 LUA#89 131 383 972 1003 933 920 1126 571NM_002467 LUA#90 383 983.5 1643 1800 1920 1518 1725 1034 ACTB LUA#91 3442113 2976 3020 2200 2601 2521 1195 TFRC LUA#92 89 400 794 910.5 811827.5 1042 592 GAPDH_5 LUA#93 238 1501 2205.5 2064 1482 1768.5 1737 843GAPDH_M LUA#94 642 3318 3783.5 3886 3205 3303 3248 1513 GAPDH_3 LUA#951659 3754 4065 4240 3880 3379 3353.5 1707.5

Table 6A Experiment 1 - Blank and DMSO description FlexMap ID BLANKBLANK DMSO DMSO DMSO DMSO DMSO DMSO DMSO DMSO DMSO DMSO NM_005736 LUA#115 30 232 237 270.5 227.5 243 224 230 261 275.5 258 NM_000070 LUA#2 23.530 234.5 198 193 219.5 197.5 187 203 225.5 242.5 234 NM_018217 LUA#3 1621 510 513 510 505 507.5 458 490 523 534 530 NM_004782 LUA#4 34.5 31449.5 592.5 581 603 605 552 606 605 615.5 608.5 NM_014962 LUA#5 26.5 28318.5 457 473 482.5 486 438 467 456 500 460 NM_004514 LUA#46 29 35.5 553424 419 452.5 436 394 449 509 477 470.5 NM_006773 LUA#47 30 38 252 308313 339 338 285 325 323.5 326 335 NM_014288 LUA#48 31 37.5 203.5 138132.5 137 136 125.5 138 141 143 137 NM_017440 LUA#49 34 30 106 98.5105.5 110 118 94 107 121 116 117 NM_007331 LUA#50 19 24 187 130 120 134128.5 121 140 150 149.5 138 NM_173823 LUA#6 33 28.5 428 500 495 500.5533 460 522 544 505 517.5 NM_000962 LUA#7 29 39.5 425 368.5 370 383.5376 339 395 423 419 404 NM_003825 LUA#8 32 26 500.5 352 327 357 355 311369 381 376 370.5 NM_016061 LUA#9 28 27 261 224 217 222 223 203 234 250237 237.5 NM_000153 LUA#10 20 32.5 287 213.5 203.5 213 213 183 221.5 244231 226 NM_006948 LUA#51 31 34 588 600 609.5 609.5 623 565 621.5 647 629659.5 NM_004631 LUA#52 22 12 291 268 269 284.5 285.5 261 274 297 287281.5 NM_002358 LUA#53 29 33 343 355 354.5 386 378 328.5 361 387 397 374NM_013402 LUA#54 24 33 291.5 283 276 301 284.5 248.5 281 282 301 298NM_000875 LUA#55 25 24 51 60 56 65 64 52.5 58.5 60.5 57 66 NM_001974LUA#11 28 37 98 105 101 104 113 96 109.5 104 108 109.5 NM_000632 LUA#1224 29 84 55.5 63.5 56 66 55 55 59 53 66 NM_006457 LUA#13 32.5 36 110 117124 126 145 118 133 115 134 143 NM_000698 LUA#14 28 30 375.5 380.5 398392.5 379.5 357 401 372 411 385 NM_032571 LUA#15 23 32 25 28 35 34 27 3033 37 36 31.5 NM_006138 LUA#56 25 33 986.5 1084 1076 1125 1116.5 9861104 1154 1109 1139 NM_015201 LUA#57 28 29 772 752 787 792 735 698 745806 840 793 NM_006985 LUA#58 37 37 171 130 135.5 134 134 116 127 129131.5 139 NM_004095 LUA#59 46 35 1656 1443.5 1428 1459 1379 1264 13891369.5 1487.5 1530 NM_005914 LUA#60 39 28 1214 1110 1128 1193 1211.51044.5 1117 1091 1211 1243 NM_007282 LUA#16 22 26.5 50 49 45 53 54 42 5347.5 53.5 60 NM_003644 LUA#17 36.5 35 226 231.5 232 255 246.5 238.5 260243 240 233.5 NM_001498 LUA#18 26.5 24 401.5 209 205.5 211 210 173.5 207236 229.5 214 NM_003172 LUA#19 20 31 259 231 229 249 245 200 246 242 253260 NM_004723 LUA#20 29 28 598 410 414 404.5 420.5 329.5 372.5 382 421452 NM_014366 LUA#61 41 34 705 625.5 632 653 617 582 643 655.5 677 661NM_003581 LUA#62 21 32.5 278 50 115 61 64 48 58.5 60 56.5 53.5 NM_018115LUA#63 32 27 601.5 675 694 689 724 574.5 665 645 735.5 787 NM_021974LUA#64 34.5 33 1652 1660 1680.5 1724 1666 1479 1664 1617 1804 1849NM_024045 LUA#65 34 28 262.5 235.5 241 247 242 208 231 242 253 252NM_004079 LUA#21 33.5 28 73 65 73 71 67 54.5 71 62 63 73 NM_000414LUA#22 37.5 24.5 222 134 144.5 152 143.5 124 136.5 142 147 138 NM_001684LUA#23 20 32 39 38 34 49 43 37 44 46 45 45 NM_003879 LUA#24 39 28 51 4656 53 58 45.5 54.5 56 54 56 NM_002166 LUA#25 29.5 32 60 66.5 82 81 76 7074 75.5 75.5 79.5 NM_005952 LUA#66 29 40.5 534.5 534 573 602.5 553 529592.5 619 556 570 NM_001034 LUA#67 24 21 552 584 586 586 599 530 603 644604 601 NM_003132 LUA#68 32.5 29 1555 1730 1763 1807 1782.5 1645 18301833 1824.5 1844.5 NM_018164 LUA#69 29 28 428.5 431 425 418 411.5 361433 438 462 499 NM_014573 LUA#70 41 44 589 360 361.5 387 383 338 399.5419 400.5 397 NM_014333 LUA#26 23 29 69 69 85.5 84 85 65.5 77 82 83 82NM_006432 LUA#27 25 31 312 272 276 294 275 247 270 306 302 290 NM_000433LUA#28 30 22.5 252 142 135 135 138 120 141 153 146 160 NM_000147 LUA#2934 25 102 101 102 106.5 106 84 97 102.5 106 100 NM_000584 LUA#30 30.5 311070 726 741 743 750 661 757 785 777.5 788 NM_006452 LUA#71 41.5 42.5147.5 108.5 115 115 114.5 106 120.5 125 111 110 NM_005915 LUA#72 27 30.5159.5 116 112 117 118 102 113 121 125 123.5 NM_005980 LUA#73 29.5 391277 1452 1399.5 1493 1439 1372 1425 1473 1473 1479 NM_002539 LUA#74 3432 1594.5 1793 1769 1801 1828 1620 1725 1827 1992 1916 NM_019058 LUA#7538 39.5 1044.5 886.5 872 897 876.5 792 830 814.5 946 930 NM_004152LUA#31 26 28.5 1525 1952.5 2027 1926 2057 1856 1823 1940 1987 2025NM_004602 LUA#32 34 28 195.5 192 193 200 203 178 200 203.5 204.5 198NM_018890 LUA#33 40 39.5 771.5 596.5 617 647 633 592.5 692.5 700 684 645NM_001101 LUA#34 31 27 1771.5 1972.5 1931 2061 1922 1789 1912 20512122.5 2118.5 NM_006019 LUA#35 38 22 514 534 509 553 526 486 567 589 577552 NM_004134 LUA#76 33 32 955 610.5 597 619 626 576 611 646 607 605.5NM_005008 LUA#77 36 51 962 911 889 908.5 906 806 874 855.5 958.5 916NM_020117 LUA#78 31 35 1235.5 1359 1327 1435.5 1350.5 1243 1362 14241399.5 1404.5 NM_001469 LUA#79 39.5 40 1511 1917 1890 1972.5 1994.51780.5 1858 1848 1988 2024 NM_021203 LUA#80 41 42 1421.5 1578 1531.51552 1535.5 1367 1535 1558 1637 1653 NM_002624 LUA#36 33 26.5 1100 10421019.5 1048 1005 957.5 1035 1063 1020 1055 NM_004759 LUA#37 35 39 70.584 70.5 73 75 58 71 72.5 62 131 NM_002664 LUA#38 29 25 1467 1319 1313.51370 1303.5 1184 1326.5 1428 1394 1398 NM_000211 LUA#39 36 33.5 932 663621.5 675 660 612.5 679 699 702 686 NM_002468 LUA#40 23 25 134.5 130 139152 143.5 131.5 143.5 144 147 152 NM_000884 LUA#81 40 46 1284 1582 16111668 1647 1514 1652 1669 1670 1688 NM_003752 LUA#82 41 46 216 245 255244 249 219 230.5 266.5 244 254.5 NM_018256 LUA#83 31.5 28.5 665.5 10121090 1120 1141.5 1160 1115 953.5 1044 1014 NM_001948 LUA#84 34 27 180.5155.5 156 157 154 137 150 168.5 161 159 NM_005566 LUA#85 41 34 2231 20602128.5 2169 2106.5 1939.5 2064.5 2145 2116.5 2100 NM_021103 LUA#41 34.530 1272 1437 1473 1503 1443 1414 1506 1456 1501 1461 NM_002970 LUA#42 4124.5 396 450.5 462 478 479 430.5 496 471.5 480 481 NM_003332 LUA#43 34.535 838.5 1008 1029.5 982.5 978 931 1004 1061 1030 1037 NM_004106 LUA#4427.5 30 296 278 282.5 302.5 282.5 276 306 324 291 291 NM_002982 LUA#4525.5 32 504 487 513 542 502 467 524 578.5 529 521.5 NM_005375 LUA#86 4638 1101.5 1745 1753 1785 1811 1641 1712.5 1731 1726 1662.5 NM_000250LUA#87 39 37 2256 2007.5 2043 2043 2031.5 1774 1918.5 1971 2128 2032.5NM_004526 LUA#88 37 29 853 854 851 889 854 770 833 834.5 872 873NM_004741 LUA#89 40 36.5 484.5 567 584 610 603 564 622 652 598 554.5NM_002467 LUA#90 44 52 1411.5 2347 2409 2476 2397.5 2416 2415.5 24312435 2296 ACTB LUA#91 40 39 1480 1420 1437 1536.5 1514 1336 1470 16061527 1524.5 TFRC LUA#92 49 55 508 556 585 587.5 578.5 519 572 623 603591 GAPDH_5 LUA#93 55 57.5 1707 2319.5 2460 2510 2602 2496 2654 2758.52441.5 2356 GAPDH_M LUA#94 51 29 2351 2607 2800 2937 2802 2679 2809 27932767 2698 GAPDH_3 LUA#95 53 47 2550 3645 3798 3870 3894 3590.5 3663.53824 3859 3782 Table 6B Experiment 1 - Tretinoin FlexMap description IDTretinoin Tretinoin Tretinoin Tretinoin Tretinoin Tretinoin TretinoinTretinoin Tretinoin Tretinoin NM_005736 LUA#1 319 351 89 329 319.5 138.5309 279 308 336 NM_000070 LUA#2 269.5 370 104.5 354 372 159 336 318329.5 386 NM_018217 LUA#3 659.5 824 225.5 823 800 343 785 727 747 886NM_004782 LUA#4 635 855 232 870 812.5 341 855 750 790.5 907 NM_014962LUA#5 414.5 556 171.5 552.5 567 232 576.5 516.5 537 575.5 NM_004514LUA#46 262 320 96 306 313 144.5 302 286 312.5 356 NM_006773 LUA#47 139213 56.5 216 219 79.5 235 174 213 257 NM_014288 LUA#48 55 61 45 60 5641.5 60 59 64 62 NM_017440 LUA#49 55 68 40 67 68 48.5 66.5 62 59 66NM_007331 LUA#50 70 81 42 96 87 53 91 80 85.5 97 NM_173823 LUA#6 482.5654 186.5 675 646 291 604.5 573 591.5 718 NM_000962 LUA#7 663 823 294793.5 807 398 772 764 754 894 NM_003825 LUA#8 476.5 630.5 256 580 609318 584 550 557 658 NM_016061 LUA#9 297 401 128 385 382 173 357.5 357362.5 422 NM_000153 LUA#10 324 419.5 120 384 408 170 374 377.5 357.5 432NM_006948 LUA#51 592.5 791.5 224 773.5 795 325 762 716.5 742 840.5NM_004631 LUA#52 238 334 103 331 310.5 135.5 326 289.5 304 352 NM_002358LUA#53 72 98 53 96 99 58 98 85 99 113 NM_013402 LUA#54 62 75 43 72 75.548.5 75 71.5 72 71 NM_000875 LUA#55 53 62 36 62 65 48 74 54 63 68NM_001974 LUA#11 288 435.5 95 414 430 141 420.5 396 403 466 NM_000632LUA#12 222 292 78 307 277 114 275.5 251 254 323.5 NM_006457 LUA#13 113135 78 123 136 90 151.5 132 144 135 NM_000698 LUA#14 1332.5 1743 5031688 1686.5 787 1606 1552.5 1562 1779 NM_032571 LUA#15 125 161 60 169164.5 81 172.5 146 144 188 NM_006138 LUA#56 93 124 51.5 113.5 115.5 66122 114.5 114 130 NM_015201 LUA#57 139 222 64 208 203 87 194.5 183 181226.5 NM_006985 LUA#58 47 59 37 55 56 40 57 51 52 54 NM_004095 LUA#59148 227 78 212 212 101 214.5 194.5 203 247 NM_005914 LUA#60 566.5 843209 866 848.5 351 885 795 881.5 948 NM_007282 LUA#16 39 64.5 42.5 64 6256 61 64.5 60.5 60 NM_003644 LUA#17 195.5 252 105 266.5 259 142 271.5260 282 272 NM_001498 LUA#18 279 402 96 374 412 140 360 335.5 361 424NM_003172 LUA#19 208 286 86 264 257 121 260 235 243 276 NM_004723 LUA#20318 394 127 418.5 388.5 184 400 363.5 380 446 NM_014366 LUA#61 163 23566 231 235 97 231 209.5 213 263 NM_003581 LUA#62 147 80 50 65 52 43 5042 53 57 NM_018115 LUA#63 552.5 735.5 143 690 601 227.5 582 418 506.5644 NM_021974 LUA#64 872 1105 293.5 1102.5 1052.5 477.5 1068 955 10031158 NM_024045 LUA#65 100 145 52 141 142 69 133 119 124 146 NM_004079LUA#21 93 124.5 55 127 122 70 125.5 99.5 113 129 NM_000414 LUA#22 270442 100 408.5 415 145 402.5 373 372.5 470.5 NM_001684 LUA#23 54 66.5 4165 65 43 61 63 69 68 NM_003879 LUA#24 57 80 41 71 76 53 80 67 72.5 77.5NM_002166 LUA#25 124.5 159.5 61 168 159 79.5 156.5 152 154 180 NM_005952LUA#66 149 198.5 72.5 189 203 95.5 188.5 182 172 212 NM_001034 LUA#67157 225 73 209 212.5 92 219 185 191 243 NM_003132 LUA#68 410 540 148 523517 212 488 467.5 488 596 NM_018164 LUA#69 131 165 57 152.5 155 75 143142 140.5 177 NM_014573 LUA#70 99 153.5 61 138 155 79 138.5 144.5 135155 NM_014333 LUA#26 366.5 531 134 492 530 197.5 497 459.5 472 584NM_006432 LUA#27 1081.5 1409.5 397 1446 1405 625 1345 1203 1294.5 1495NM_000433 LUA#28 442.5 640 144 605 622 228.5 564 532 536.5 647 NM_000147LUA#29 573 861 195.5 822.5 850 302 783 763 764 894 NM_000584 LUA#30 14641938.5 476 1981.5 1945 799.5 1938 1717 1765 2115 NM_006452 LUA#71 67.579.5 41 75 68 53.5 82 74 78.5 76 NM_005915 LUA#72 39 54 34.5 44 56 41 5147 44 59 NM_005980 LUA#73 106 163 57 142 163 74 149.5 151 145 173NM_002539 LUA#74 231 326 85 313 314.5 131 300 281.5 276 362 NM_019058LUA#75 143 164 59 158 152 79.5 148.5 129 143.5 158 NM_004152 LUA#31 16622073 775 2127.5 2117 1110 2045 1823 1944 2194 NM_004602 LUA#32 182 23988 232.5 227.5 113.5 224 212 215.5 258 NM_018890 LUA#33 537.5 758 187.5788 743.5 293.5 719 712 705 824 NM_001101 LUA#34 2773 2969.5 1490 2968.52890 1977 2893.5 2694 2722 3119.5 NM_006019 LUA#35 569 818 186 828 762287 767 734.5 746 867 NM_004134 LUA#76 207 277 83.5 292 306 111 280266.5 278 318 NM_005008 LUA#77 307 392 123 401 382.5 167 372 338.5 343416 NM_020117 LUA#78 408 584.5 145 554 564 230 529.5 519 527 607NM_001469 LUA#79 809 1179 284 1191 1179 463 1140.5 1077 1076 1221NM_021203 LUA#80 442.5 642.5 151 578.5 611 228.5 563 546 547 654NM_002624 LUA#36 1267 1418 576 1447 1402 820 1369 1224.5 1288 1492.5NM_004759 LUA#37 148 139.5 53 128 141 67 134 103 116 149.5 NM_002664LUA#38 2157 2552 892 2527 2504 1337 2394 2330 2325 2761 NM_000211 LUA#391125 1420 454.5 1349 1366.5 682 1361 1315 1294.5 1488 NM_002468 LUA#40325 448.5 121 496.5 473 174.5 426.5 399.5 418 492 NM_000884 LUA#81 676871.5 250 871 865 389 830.5 799 799 946 NM_003752 LUA#82 114 144.5 71128.5 142 94 137.5 124.5 130.5 145.5 NM_018256 LUA#83 897 726 388 903998 589 1256.5 1208 1557 747 NM_001948 LUA#84 61 73 47 63 71 51 76 66 5875 NM_005566 LUA#85 583.5 642 150 607 596 219 577 523.5 540 632.5NM_021103 LUA#41 2257.5 2689 925 2668.5 2611 1370 2590 2454 2412 2719NM_002970 LUA#42 1181 1595 400 1478 1584 651 1503 1459 1455 1683.5NM_003332 LUA#43 2219 2571.5 1100 2688.5 2573.5 1470 2528 2325 2387.52641 NM_004106 LUA#44 994 1303 373 1308 1315 576.5 1274.5 1218 1187 1452NM_002982 LUA#45 3231 3797 1738 3852 3752 2466 3667 3451 3488 3786NM_005375 LUA#86 523 594.5 238 631.5 617 351 734 717 780.5 638 NM_000250LUA#87 137 194 74 177 187 95.5 173 166 164 198 NM_004526 LUA#88 150 21377 208 192.5 101 206.5 182.5 192 223 NM_004741 LUA#89 168 215 100 204198 116 214 204.5 205 208 NM_002467 LUA#90 702 736 256 792.5 842.5 399957 976 1030 801 ACTB LUA#91 1929 2483 818 2425.5 2563 1173 2347 2296.52313 2609 TFRC LUA#92 191.5 285 81.5 280.5 289 109 272 251.5 250 305GAPDH_5 LUA#93 998.5 1419 378.5 1433 1505.5 632 1469 1347 1299 1629GAPDH_M LUA#94 1134 1511.5 460 1520 1502 698.5 1462 1334 1360.5 1575GAPDH_3 LUA#95 2428 2979 1102.5 2911 2912 1645 2823 2559 2580 2982

Table 7A Experiment 2 - Blank and DMSO FlexMap description ID BLANKBLANK DMSO DMSO DMSO DMSO DMSO DMSO DMSO DMSO DMSO DMSO NM_005736 LUA#130 38 48 53 245 256 258.5 259 226 275 219 208 NM_000070 LUA#2 31 26.5 3939 198 207 202 235 180.5 201 193 202 NM_018217 LUA#3 34 26 50.5 94 550605 604 639.5 531 629.5 544 531 NM_004782 LUA#4 36.5 37 46 85.5 600.5569 593 654.5 556 689 629.5 538 NM_014962 LUA#5 39 36.5 50 74 486 492469 496.5 415 590.5 469 411 NM_004514 LUA#46 29 29.5 39 90 562.5 607 641633 497.5 539 597.5 605 NM_006773 LUA#47 26 27.5 29 60 489 496 528 572475 479 499 491 NM_014288 LUA#48 23 26 27 35 171 170 154 163.5 138.5 158161 145 NM_017440 LUA#49 35 32 26 36 135 144 129 159 128 134 146 141NM_007331 LUA#50 31 23 25 31 148 161.5 182.5 182 119 149.5 150 150NM_173823 LUA#6 18 20 42 71 502 447 463 504 432 573.5 501 462 NM_000962LUA#7 25 25 59 91 401 406 398 403 330 411 397 371.5 NM_003825 LUA#8 26.534 101 114 433 423.5 419 420.5 352.5 418.5 400 405 NM_016061 LUA#9 21.523 41 60 256.5 250.5 257 268 222 275 243.5 233 NM_000153 LUA#10 29 30 3847.5 250 268 260 264 226 264 243.5 229 NM_006948 LUA#51 28.5 41 51 100708 696 668 684 579 724 667 631 NM_004631 LUA#52 32.5 35 37 49 308 320323 328 280 335 309 307 NM_002358 LUA#53 30 33 35 42 431 395 435 419 362429 418 401 NM_013402 LUA#54 23 28 32 56.5 349 342 360 380 313.5 353 340349 NM_000875 LUA#55 20 28.5 27 27 85 90 92 110 105 90.5 93 79 NM_001974LUA#11 19 30 24 27 129 146 121.5 125 94 139 102 102 NM_000632 LUA#12 2033.5 24 26 72 80 82 82 76 72 67 81 NM_006457 LUA#13 33 35 49 51 140 153132 152 126 143 118.5 92 NM_000698 LUA#14 30 27.5 47 80 467 500 484 483398 475 451 418 NM_032571 LUA#15 25 23 22 21 21 30 26 22 32.5 29 29 23NM_006138 LUA#56 36 29 71 200 1270 1262 1328.5 1397 1193 1225 1253 1285NM_015201 LUA#57 26 30 45 117.5 849.5 896 938.5 929 725 845 846 878NM_006985 LUA#58 26 33 33 34 146 144 144.5 133 111 145 147 111 NM_004095LUA#59 31 38 115 311 1642 1798 1731 1809 1469 1644 1613 1462.5 NM_005914LUA#60 32 24 71.5 218 1471 1443 1509 1635.5 1124 1420.5 1406.5 1263NM_007282 LUA#16 27 35 24.5 20 42.5 46 43 46 45 44 46 40 NM_003644LUA#17 30 34 49 53.5 252 221 229 232 192 223 198 217 NM_001498 LUA#18 2235 27 37 236 268 276.5 300 252 263 258 266 NM_003172 LUA#19 33 27 30 43257 266 270 268 218 276.5 245 240 NM_004723 LUA#20 30 17 45 90 536 581535 621 482.5 569 496 439 NM_014366 LUA#61 26.5 23.5 39 93 765 795 829876 725 785 785 741.5 NM_003581 LUA#62 12.5 28.5 72.5 52 69 62 68 55 5651 62 58 NM_018115 LUA#63 32 44.5 66 163 1006 1121 1018 1181 1223 12571010 902 NM_021974 LUA#64 27.5 32 125 353 1802.5 1974.5 2019.5 2034 16631901.5 1782 1687 NM_024045 LUA#65 27.5 27.5 31 47 313.5 294 302 313 258298 293.5 261 NM_004079 LUA#21 22.5 33 23 29 83 81.5 66 77 76 84 77 71NM_000414 LUA#22 29 26 35 31 178 175 188 202 163 186 186 167 NM_001684LUA#23 39 32 22 20.5 43 41 41.5 42 34 27 40 37 NM_003879 LUA#24 27 3427.5 23 54 52.5 56 58 52 60 50 47 NM_002166 LUA#25 29 25 23 27 87 97 96108 82 86 94 93 NM_005952 LUA#66 34 43.5 44.5 106 752 774 816 850 743.5716.5 746 723 NM_001034 LUA#67 36 30 45 88 685 724 735 752 501 688 679713 NM_003132 LUA#68 28 28 132 426 2030 2020 2077.5 2026.5 1779 19591928.5 1955 NM_018164 LUA#69 42.5 33 40 63 475 477 510 533 439 517 504497 NM_014573 LUA#70 36 41.5 43 51 450 419 422 409 334 451 428 397NM_014333 LUA#26 46 39 34 31 98 89 86 100 87 94 84 66 NM_006432 LUA#2737 35 29 53.5 339 356 364 386 345 340 360 381 NM_000433 LUA#28 33 34 5929 170 171 158 153 123 171 148 125 NM_000147 LUA#29 35.5 31 26 26 121118 137 133 117 117 123 122.5 NM_000584 LUA#30 23 32 63 127 993 1017.51080.5 1142.5 950 993 1000 1062 NM_006452 LUA#71 49 36 33.5 34 140 135121 128 105.5 135 117 112 NM_005915 LUA#72 34 30 35 29 114 124 126 128116 135 122 110 NM_005980 LUA#73 39 32 76 270.5 1527 1547 1567 1651 14251597 1547 1462 NM_002539 LUA#74 43 35.5 117 366 2091 2193.5 2209 21751830 2082 2100 1912.5 NM_019058 LUA#75 35 31 62 157 1015 1152 1188 1217952 1044 1044 1030 NM_004152 LUA#31 31 29.5 89.5 327 1999 1862 1854 19551630 2131 1980 1691 NM_004602 LUA#32 18 39.5 45 77.5 233.5 267 235 228.5174 269.5 219 221 NM_018890 LUA#33 39 39 36 89 796.5 742 744 789.5 607728.5 728 731.5 NM_001101 LUA#34 32.5 36.5 162.5 461 2101 2075 20652052.5 1748.5 2089.5 2074 1945 NM_006019 LUA#35 34 35 39 87 598 650 705709 566 616 646 700 NM_004134 LUA#76 47.5 33 54 116 808 818 818 830 705810 760.5 725 NM_005008 LUA#77 43 35 57 151 975.5 1026 1002.5 1038 842.51024 953 860 NM_020117 LUA#78 35 31.5 83 292 1653 1701 1746.5 1779 14451605.5 1611 1656 NM_001469 LUA#79 47 33.5 114 331 2049 2042 2027 21241772 2105.5 1958.5 1868 NM_021203 LUA#80 44 32 88 252 1671 1685 17221739 1458 1583.5 1673.5 1542 NM_002624 LUA#36 25 30 73 245.5 1176.51202.5 1226 1248 1132 1204 1139.5 1123 NM_004759 LUA#37 36 33 26 31 124121 109 136 135 136 115 117 NM_002664 LUA#38 41 37 82.5 266 1521 15841621 1668 1378 1474 1502.5 1492 NM_000211 LUA#39 33 27 67 123.5 769.5707 672 674 541 741.5 646 629.5 NM_002468 LUA#40 20 32.5 28 39 153 199205 208.5 161 183 168 171.5 NM_000884 LUA#81 42 45 166 373 1693.5 15781629 1658 1421 1696 1631 1512 NM_003752 LUA#82 49 44 56 67 323 322 329342 266 307.5 293.5 274 NM_018256 LUA#83 41 40 250 291 1045 1031 10781037.5 826 1007 961 985 NM_001948 LUA#84 40 40 35 42 213.5 203 219 225180 203 201 195.5 NM_005566 LUA#85 39.5 44 199 520 2411.5 2445 2535.52462.5 2077 2326 2375 2334 NM_021103 LUA#41 30.5 38 97 247 1549 13511575 1693 1430.5 1500 1527.5 1296.5 NM_002970 LUA#42 36 45 24.5 52 522484 507 532.5 440 542 529 519 NM_003332 LUA#43 35 35 60 178 1034.5 11401065 1157 988 1085 1058 1004 NM_004106 LUA#44 24 27 30.5 55 393 378 404433.5 367 407 389 403 NM_002982 LUA#45 20 34 32 94 652 675 707 713.5 646638 670 685 NM_005375 LUA#86 34.5 37 149.5 354 1811 1867 2001.5 1991.51718 1807 1813 1899 NM_000250 LUA#87 33 40 147.5 510 2353 2404 2415.52430 2078 2358 2296 2225 NM_004526 LUA#88 40 36 75 182.5 1064 1120 10931099 896 1035 1034 954.5 NM_004741 LUA#89 33 33 74 119.5 810 852 879.5840 689.5 792 797.5 738 NM_002467 LUA#90 52.5 56 369 760 2507.5 25772640 2642 2322 2586 2604.5 2599 ACTB LUA#91 55.5 44 100 318 1796 17911930 1940.5 1558 1747.5 1799 1831 TFRC LUA#92 53 46.5 56 94 737 788 844868.5 630 733 791 797 GAPDH_5 LUA#93 50 39 192 807 2708.5 2707 2729 28282320 2618 2741 2716 GAPDH_M LUA#94 43 42 201 737 3051 3052 3041 3075.52623 3060 2962 2834.5 GAPDH_3 LUA#95 45.5 41 616.5 1663 3524 3712 37283841 3284 3651.5 3806 3593 Table 7B Experiment 2 - Tretinoin FlexMapdescription ID Tretinoin Tretinoin Tretinoin Tretinoin TretinoinTretinoin Tretinoin Tretinoin Tretinoin Tretinoin NM_005736 LUA#1 36.5390 90.5 408 411 385 392 414.5 384.5 298.5 NM_000070 LUA#2 34 444 120393 393 419 422 444 437.5 358 NM_018217 LUA#3 48 935 258 992 1053.5 947966 1022.5 980 922 NM_004782 LUA#4 45 979.5 253 1005 1030 914 929 10441036.5 932 NM_014962 LUA#5 39 595.5 160 670.5 705 677.5 678 710 691 618NM_004514 LUA#46 25 469 99 428 445 422 420.5 460 399 424.5 NM_006773LUA#47 28 270 68 273 283 272 279 305 284 354.5 NM_014288 LUA#48 22 52 3360 57 57 57 65 63.5 55 NM_017440 LUA#49 29 88 42 78 97 87.5 84 86.5 91108 NM_007331 LUA#50 24 115 47 95.5 96 97.5 94.5 111.5 102 115 NM_173823LUA#6 36 736 182.5 758 734.5 658.5 681 816 760 592 NM_000962 LUA#7 65900 253 845 904.5 846 846 930 873 822.5 NM_003825 LUA#8 102 772 220 800733 738 727 764 721 689.5 NM_016061 LUA#9 48 458 121 470.5 464 468 459503.5 450 440 NM_000153 LUA#10 45 539 124 511 505 473 501 542 487 484NM_006948 LUA#51 51 974 248 1014 1006 963.5 958.5 1024.5 980 887NM_004631 LUA#52 38.5 391 97 396 399.5 399 401.5 424 399 397 NM_002358LUA#53 33.5 103 39 109 103 96 97 119 109 94 NM_013402 LUA#54 30 82 4690.5 95.5 85 84.5 97 89 83 NM_000875 LUA#55 28.5 81 36 79 80 85 90 87.589 104 NM_001974 LUA#11 30 516.5 92.5 533 515 493 470 539 494 340.5NM_000632 LUA#12 26 491.5 96 406 400 360.5 374 395 369.5 476 NM_006457LUA#13 43 115.5 65 115.5 118 120 131 117 131 121 NM_000698 LUA#14 64.51902 539 1934.5 1914.5 1773 1769 1871.5 1787 1685 NM_032571 LUA#15 22.5244 58.5 228 234 208 205 239 228 244 NM_006138 LUA#56 32.5 115.5 48 111127 118 119.5 120 124 117 NM_015201 LUA#57 27 266 63 252 243 230 244268.5 241 245.5 NM_006985 LUA#58 33 55 33 50 52 54 60 63 56 50 NM_004095LUA#59 31 287 77 286.5 293 270 294 331 293 227 NM_005914 LUA#60 42 871213.5 1091 1131 1081.5 1125 1172.5 1161.5 1104 NM_007282 LUA#16 22 61 2669 64 59 62 61 58 53 NM_003644 LUA#17 41 319 69 269 274 192 231 300 274259 NM_001498 LUA#18 32 521 110.5 507.5 513 441.5 467 531.5 494.5 511NM_003172 LUA#19 36 333 82 370 365 330 352 380 333 312.5 NM_004723LUA#20 34 472.5 134.5 498 506 470 487.5 538 501 420 NM_014366 LUA#61 30304.5 66 297 291 286.5 300 310.5 298.5 321 NM_003581 LUA#62 39 114 50 7885 59.5 55 53 55 54 NM_018115 LUA#63 54 1440 356 1028 1210 935.5 11751004 1238 1270 NM_021974 LUA#64 49.5 1272 295 1368.5 1315 1193.5 12691365 1286.5 1160 NM_024045 LUA#65 29 163.5 48 164.5 175.5 158 157 182178 149 NM_004079 LUA#21 28 144 49 133 133.5 142 143 152 150 147NM_000414 LUA#22 34 547 115.5 596 561.5 550.5 543 598.5 564.5 544NM_001684 LUA#23 30 98 38.5 66 79 68 77.5 83 71 75 NM_003879 LUA#24 2293 39 91.5 86 84 82 97 95 96.5 NM_002166 LUA#25 30 237 60 230 240 221218 242 227 254.5 NM_005952 LUA#66 40 265 65 274 260 263 224 268 243261.5 NM_001034 LUA#67 32.5 280 65 281 253 271 252 276 260 246 NM_003132LUA#68 37.5 721 157 690.5 680 633 648 716 635 618 NM_018164 LUA#69 34205.5 61 182 188.5 182 186 211 198 200 NM_014573 LUA#70 32 187 49 179161.5 172 157.5 198 178 154 NM_014333 LUA#26 41 706 166 712 720 662633.5 726.5 720 704 NM_006432 LUA#27 52.5 1767 522 1718 1798 1725 16781814 1693 1842 NM_000433 LUA#28 34 810 158 860 842 753 724 823 786.5 574NM_000147 LUA#29 36 1106 236 1132 1122.5 1051 1086 1171 1102 1135NM_000584 LUA#30 72 2315 665 2389 2341.5 2247 2269 2450 2339.5 2517.5NM_006452 LUA#71 27 83.5 39 93 90 88 96 90 86 86 NM_005915 LUA#72 30 4733 47 43 44 49 54 47 47 NM_005980 LUA#73 33 197 52 212 204 187 188 209.5202 190 NM_002539 LUA#74 33 437 89 423 409 392 368 441 416 397 NM_019058LUA#75 35 192 55.5 181.5 179 176 171 194 177.5 194 NM_004152 LUA#31 742313 811 2471.5 2477.5 2269 2335.5 2470 2347 1882 NM_004602 LUA#32 42320 116 337 334 363 355.5 296 303 274 NM_018890 LUA#33 38 1071 200 983992 923.5 879 988 934 873 NM_001101 LUA#34 211 3046 1578 3029 3195 29342997 3139.5 3017 2733 NM_006019 LUA#35 36 1059 209.5 938.5 911.5 862 871956 907 1033 NM_004134 LUA#76 36.5 423.5 90 417 415 415 383 426 406 372NM_005008 LUA#77 34 452.5 108 501 482 432 439.5 502.5 452.5 393NM_020117 LUA#78 35 750 149 739 734 606 654 748 697 734 NM_001469 LUA#7973 1230 333.5 1437 1331.5 1308 1281.5 1360 1315 1107 NM_021203 LUA#80 37757.5 152 703 701.5 650 660 741 657.5 657 NM_002624 LUA#36 71 1714 6701664 1757 1580.5 1616 1772.5 1647.5 1643 NM_004759 LUA#37 26 284 60.5179 207.5 192 195 201 206.5 235 NM_002664 LUA#38 91 2815 1002 2840.52805 2642 2652 2875 2701.5 2723 NM_000211 LUA#39 89 1828 470 1717 1734.51593.5 1570 1763 1639.5 1219 NM_002468 LUA#40 35 511 135 556.5 549 498494 589.5 531.5 584 NM_000884 LUA#81 61 951 259.5 1004 988 925 916 1010963.5 841 NM_003752 LUA#82 44 168 66 149.5 150 153 162 164 139 142NM_018256 LUA#83 158 455 229 571 556 643 655 483.5 568 635.5 NM_001948LUA#84 33 79.5 40 68 70.5 62 68 81 72 70 NM_005566 LUA#85 49 851 181.5821 830 748 752 776.5 744 745 NM_021103 LUA#41 99 2331.5 939 2558 2559793 1990 2996.5 2724 2581.5 NM_002970 LUA#42 42 1624 435.5 1759.5 17431655.5 1575 1823 1716.5 1563 NM_003332 LUA#43 120 2589.5 1244 2832 28212704 2692 2772 2733 2691.5 NM_004106 LUA#44 55 1762 508 1756 1799 16781587.5 1827 1697 1748 NM_002982 LUA#45 294 3328 2094 3522 3632 3562 34853768 3697 3859 NM_005375 LUA#86 78 552 158 568 593 585 589 587 565 642NM_000250 LUA#87 39 249 70 246 243 232 239.5 253 236 228 NM_004526LUA#88 31 244 69 270 260 240.5 243 277 256 233 NM_004741 LUA#89 57 370.599 329 324 317 325 328 327 402.5 NM_002467 LUA#90 108 762.5 205 792 798823 776 759 741 823 ACTB LUA#91 107 2939 1020 2820 2870 2791 2727 2873.52807 2986 TFRC LUA#92 48 413 83 375 381 358 345.5 382 346 400.5 GAPDH_5LUA#93 72 1965.5 509 1847 2001 1834.5 1691 1994 1888 1977.5 GAPDH_MLUA#94 73 1871 514 1911 2010.5 1693.5 1762.5 1932.5 1814 1595.5 GAPDH_3LUA#95 139.5 2850 1137 3025 3066 2936 2973 3162.5 3075 2896

Table 8A Experiment 3 - Blank and DMSO FlexMap description ID BLANKBLANK DMSO DMSO DMSO DMSO DMSO DMSO DMSO DMSO DMSO DMSO NM_005736 LUA#128 33.5 247 240.5 214.5 233 240 250 272 276 278.5 286.5 NM_000070 LUA#226 29.5 179 187.5 181 162.5 162 182.5 226 229 239.5 231 NM_018217 LUA#325 32 484 551.5 483 494.5 485 543 601 647.5 630 584 NM_004782 LUA#4 27.538.5 467 617 560.5 616 627.5 630 688 723.5 787.5 652.5 NM_014962 LUA#526.5 32 364.5 495 443 455 463 497 492 511 543 485.5 NM_004514 LUA#46 2628 585 474.5 436 454 440 463 547 554.5 530 493 NM_006773 LUA#47 32 19328 444 453 412 408 448.5 475.5 487 477 443 NM_014288 LUA#48 29 29 169131.5 122.5 122 129 139.5 161 155.5 151.5 138 NM_017440 LUA#49 33.5 28150 137 127.5 129 128 151 168 160.5 156 146 NM_007331 LUA#50 28 27.5 188151 128 143 134.5 151 161 178 167 157 NM_173823 LUA#6 33.5 28 393 516444 460.5 492 529 559.5 560 558 553.5 NM_000962 LUA#7 28 25 386.5 348336 360 334 380 421.5 451 403.5 409 NM_003825 LUA#8 26 24.5 436 356336.5 354.5 340 398 423 431 429.5 414 NM_016061 LUA#9 32 29 268 250 217241.5 233.5 264 306 301 301 279 NM_000153 LUA#10 35 33 252 211.5 203 205204 222 261 265 258 237 NM_006948 LUA#51 25 36 593 643 593 617 609 681746 742 731.5 703.5 NM_004631 LUA#52 25 25 261 263 246.5 264 268.5 294322 331.5 319 308 NM_002358 LUA#53 26 26 349 419 380 408 394.5 444 502514 485 466 NM_013402 LUA#54 21 26.5 306 378 334.5 336.5 340 357 397.5395 388 373 NM_000875 LUA#55 23.5 30 61 82 87 74 70 88 90 91 94 87NM_001974 LUA#11 28 11 85 84 69 61 67 77 90 87 95.5 80 NM_000632 LUA#1233 27 76 59 57 51 50 53 55.5 59 58 54 NM_006457 LUA#13 31.5 24 94 124145 114 106 89 111 123 110 107 NM_000698 LUA#14 17 27.5 353 360.5 325320 319 316.5 368 400 368 368 NM_032571 LUA#15 27 25 25.5 19 24 25.5 2523 25 24 25 24 NM_006138 LUA#56 32 31 1076 1274 1213.5 1224 1176 12261316 1329 1312 1257 NM_015201 LUA#57 34 35 805.5 834 765.5 799 791 852.5958 958 907 885.5 NM_006985 LUA#58 40 29.5 200 157 137 154 161 165 188200 190 187 NM_004095 LUA#59 43 27 1904 1757.5 1707 1798 1644 1666 19252035 1825.5 1758.5 NM_005914 LUA#60 34 37 1376.5 1508 1561.5 1339 12461355 1448 1595 1420 1337 NM_007282 LUA#16 21 28 47 36 38 35.5 36 42 3953 44 42 NM_003644 LUA#17 34 37 177.5 213 201 169.5 163 171 177 190180.5 184 NM_001498 LUA#18 27 31 342 205 211 226 213.5 232 266 284 264257 NM_003172 LUA#19 27 30 252 234 213 226 230.5 241 276 286.5 272.5265.5 NM_004723 LUA#20 16.5 25.5 677 476 477.5 461 416 432.5 523 560.5511 461 NM_014366 LUA#61 32.5 36.5 853 901 904 928 883 943.5 1045.51025.5 1014 934 NM_003581 LUA#62 26 24 280 66 48.5 39 41 50 42 46 50 40NM_018115 LUA#63 31 39.5 1274 1143 1113 1353 1430 1382 1281 1275 1475.51295 NM_021974 LUA#64 38 40.5 1787 1842 1743 1855 1727 1723 2087 21611976 1987 NM_024045 LUA#65 28.5 30 255 265 267 262.5 251 268.5 303 311296 298 NM_004079 LUA#21 36 33 73 69 64 60 67 74 87 68 99 71.5 NM_000414LUA#22 25 42 240 180 157 170 162 184.5 198 198 200 184 NM_001684 LUA#2325 24.5 26 29 28 27.5 37 36.5 35 38 35 39 NM_003879 LUA#24 21.5 18 56 4450 50 49 47 54 59.5 54.5 54 NM_002166 LUA#25 28 29 75.5 91 97 103 8994.5 108 107 104 98 NM_005952 LUA#66 38 27 561.5 627.5 648 673 600 640672.5 738 687.5 650 NM_001034 LUA#67 26 30 575.5 674 631 619 595 641 764768 739 692 NM_003132 LUA#68 27 21.5 1705 1840 1717 1797.5 1693.5 18032003 2030 1902.5 1861.5 NM_018164 LUA#69 37 27.5 511 495.5 484 532 507569 633 645 655 594 NM_014573 LUA#70 36.5 40 463 485 425.5 418.5 431.5478 534 552 501 510 NM_014333 LUA#26 33 28 89 79 94 81 75 89 86 89 83.579 NM_006432 LUA#27 26 26 302 287 273.5 302 292 317.5 349 360.5 335338.5 NM_000433 LUA#28 23 36 187 137 111 115 117 133 153 150 136 136.5NM_000147 LUA#29 32 34 110 120 117 129 126 125.5 142 148 140 137NM_000584 LUA#30 29 29 1147 905 868 922 872.5 926 1019 1058 990 959.5NM_006452 LUA#71 33 32 178 107 102 91 108 110.5 124 130 126 130.5NM_005915 LUA#72 37 24 141.5 108 96 112 102 114 132 125 126.5 117NM_005980 LUA#73 41 28 1314 1559 1544 1534 1467 1517 1660 1634.5 16171561 NM_002539 LUA#74 43 50 1863 1961.5 1903 2012.5 1865 1987 22412169.5 2041 2033 NM_019058 LUA#75 28.5 37.5 1168 1015 974 1004 959 957.51134 1130.5 1077 1035 NM_004152 LUA#31 34 32 1698 1990 1909 1973 1935.52211.5 2125 2252 2198 2153.5 NM_004602 LUA#32 25 22 206 222 198 216.5213 229 275 261 279 255 NM_018890 LUA#33 30 44.5 703 648 591.5 627 607.5669 715 737 695.5 690 NM_001101 LUA#34 22 23.5 2023.5 2026 1824 18411885 2013 2164 2148 2108 2048.5 NM_006019 LUA#35 38 34 489 556 511 540.5528 535 631.5 620 610 583 NM_004134 LUA#76 26.5 26 953.5 677 576 622 589620.5 715.5 744 688.5 681 NM_005008 LUA#77 33 37.5 882 839 752 791 785832.5 942 961 951 884 NM_020117 LUA#78 38 43 1342 1519 1444.5 1498 13421459 1657 1641 1534 1457 NM_001469 LUA#79 40 43 1531 2065 1894.5 19531964.5 1969 2199 2216 2182 2115 NM_021203 LUA#80 39 45.5 1398 1482 14161418 1394 1424.5 1659 1692 1607 1533 NM_002624 LUA#36 27 24 1157.5 11111048.5 1073.5 1031 1095 1171.5 1194 1158 1135.5 NM_004759 LUA#37 34 24.5115.5 84 84 87.5 102.5 140 130 108 150 114 NM_002664 LUA#38 35 29 14511230.5 1161 1253 1186 1241 1415 1470.5 1375 1311 NM_000211 LUA#39 3435.5 778 580 496 516 551.5 624 688.5 724.5 690.5 671 NM_002468 LUA#4027.5 20.5 145 144 156 164.5 168 161 168 206.5 177.5 181.5 NM_000884LUA#81 39 43 1374 1662 1457.5 1477.5 1517.5 1579.5 1786 1770 1660 1608.5NM_003752 LUA#82 40 44.5 206 265 245 260 232 223 257 273 246 241NM_018256 LUA#83 35 32.5 583 948 927 859.5 840 833.5 885.5 923 915.5 934NM_001948 LUA#84 30 31.5 171.5 166 151 152 142 158 172 175 169 167NM_005566 LUA#85 39 23 2576 2426 2343.5 2313 2211.5 2208.5 2364 24142310 2268 NM_021103 LUA#41 29.5 34 1235.5 1639 1600 1483 1501 1430.51490 1618.5 1478 1415 NM_002970 LUA#42 25.5 28 353.5 489 460 492.5 480537 579.5 614 565 566.5 NM_003332 LUA#43 35 38 954.5 987 937 1025 9951066 1181 1206 1179 1122 NM_004106 LUA#44 21 26 373.5 394 372.5 394375.5 419.5 457 461 420 418.5 NM_002982 LUA#45 32 31 603 673.5 609 665596 652 735.5 760 709.5 655 NM_005375 LUA#86 39.5 33 1128 1776 16931718.5 1608 1662 1785.5 1801 1732.5 1749 NM_000250 LUA#87 45 38 23081891 1773 1821 1758 1852 2090 2148.5 2015 1937 NM_004526 LUA#88 42 301019 1079 955 1021 955 1007 1114 1164 1092 1040 NM_004741 LUA#89 33 43.5623 778 763 713 731 813 816 821 808 773 NM_002467 LUA#90 40 44 1658 24142353 2281 2242.5 2287.5 2464 2519.5 2469.5 2358 ACTB LUA#91 37 42.5 16681753 1743 1832 1683 1785 1924 1902 1857 1793 TFRC LUA#92 59.5 51 543 595578 659 620 658.5 750 715 718 678 GAPDH_5 LUA#93 42 51 1954 3132.5 29652946 2848 2897 2953 2930 2799 2733.5 GAPDH_M LUA#94 41 45.5 2721 33173109 3039 2963 3139 3320 3320 3195 3068.5 GAPDH_3 LUA#95 47.5 45 2788.53887 3821 3905 3912.5 3908.5 4244.5 4050.5 4090 4030 Table 8B Experiment3 - Tretinoin FlexMap description ID Tretinoin Tretinoin TretinoinTretinoin Tretinoin Tretinoin Tretinoin Tretinoin Tretinoin TretinoinNM_005736 LUA#1 55 84 113 205.5 298 336 235 38 236.5 280 NM_000070 LUA#254 82.5 118 224 328.5 330 254 42 274 303 NM_018217 LUA#3 109 187.5 275.5571 779 801 582.5 61 690.5 742 NM_004782 LUA#4 105 184.5 279 539 825.5866 689 62 764 803.5 NM_014962 LUA#5 82 120 188.5 369 544.5 551.5 43552.5 474.5 507 NM_004514 LUA#46 47 73 120 233.5 284.5 300.5 206 33 287281 NM_006773 LUA#47 37 51 74.5 133 213 245 189.5 34 243 218 NM_014288LUA#48 30 25 30.5 39 48 48 43 33 45 48 NM_017440 LUA#49 34 34.5 41 74 7298 77 31 102 86.5 NM_007331 LUA#50 29 40.5 43 65 87 88 81 28 81.5 79NM_173823 LUA#6 93 147.5 213 415 597 627.5 479 51.5 517 573 NM_000962LUA#7 142 230 296 559 717.5 722.5 545.5 98.5 665 712 NM_003825 LUA#8 172244 276 446 630 617 500 162.5 575 613 NM_016061 LUA#9 78 117 154 268 406421 311 60 359 392 NM_000153 LUA#10 69.5 108 141.5 277 400 396 292 61336 378 NM_006948 LUA#51 111 189 284 558.5 772 781 604 63 709.5 736NM_004631 LUA#52 56 78 109 213.5 315.5 325 269 45 306 303 NM_002358LUA#53 31.5 39 42 68 100 100 76 33 87 93 NM_013402 LUA#54 29 29.5 44.556.5 73 76 63 30 68 75 NM_000875 LUA#55 27.5 33 41 59 60 70 70 26 75 70NM_001974 LUA#11 41 68 94 202 344 371 253 32 276 318.5 NM_000632 LUA#1240 56 89 189 272 293 236 33 277.5 300 NM_006457 LUA#13 50 53.5 63 82 102111.5 91 42 89 95 NM_000698 LUA#14 188 330 526 1026 1241 1325 997 651148 1215.5 NM_032571 LUA#15 29 39 56 98 152 157 121 30.5 132 146NM_006138 LUA#56 37 40 49 67 97 102.5 86 38 87 95 NM_015201 LUA#57 40 4964 139 197 228 156 31 208 198 NM_006985 LUA#58 31 32 37.5 45.5 52 5946.5 30 48 59 NM_004095 LUA#59 46 66 86.5 166.5 221 208.5 147 36 169 205NM_005914 LUA#60 102 218.5 314 594 914 889 716.5 44 525.5 804.5NM_007282 LUA#16 27 29 30 42 53 61.5 58 28 46 62.5 NM_003644 LUA#17 5372 75.5 137 220 238.5 179 39 181.5 218 NM_001498 LUA#18 40 71 121 262386 382 279 30 397 391.5 NM_003172 LUA#19 45 68 97 199 234 250 179 33208 227 NM_004723 LUA#20 61 105 151 271.5 350 352 258 37 281 329NM_014366 LUA#61 38 61 89.5 191 291.5 299.5 235 33.5 217 294 NM_003581LUA#62 40 36 42 47 46.5 46 40 33 40.5 39.5 NM_018115 LUA#63 109.5 234409 710.5 896 1206.5 927 61 1217 860.5 NM_021974 LUA#64 136.5 255.5 403781.5 929 940 667.5 55 776 891 NM_024045 LUA#65 35 40 57 92.5 135.5 137110 29 112 127.5 NM_004079 LUA#21 34 41 53 88 122 124 121 30 113 124NM_000414 LUA#22 48 74 114 272.5 479 477.5 378 35 384 448 NM_001684LUA#23 30 31.5 31 52 66 60 49 25 52.5 60 NM_003879 LUA#24 23 29 36 51 7776 59 34 65 69 NM_002166 LUA#25 37 51 74 132 188.5 211 170 29 169.5 207NM_005952 LUA#66 43 56 74 143 200 197.5 156 34 204 199 NM_001034 LUA#6742 47 73 122 178 184 155 33 170 171 NM_003132 LUA#68 74 117.5 194 367461 482 344 38 431 428 NM_018164 LUA#69 37 46 67 139 150 156.5 133 36148.5 149 NM_014573 LUA#70 40 45 56 93 156 161.5 123 38.5 138.5 144.5NM_014333 LUA#26 74 128 211 427 674 705 572 41 613 656.5 NM_006432LUA#27 190 358.5 574 1118 1397.5 1403 1160 68 1364 1394 NM_000433 LUA#2862 105 169 371.5 580.5 600.5 406 32 454 548 NM_000147 LUA#29 95 188.5323 713 1109 1156 905 43 987 1072 NM_000584 LUA#30 240 426 663 1369.51886 1908.5 1555 96.5 1878.5 1840 NM_006452 LUA#71 25 37 37.5 43 57 7144 23.5 52 60 NM_005915 LUA#72 25 27 30 35 40 37 38 29 46 42 NM_005980LUA#73 32 43 52 102.5 157 166 132 34 160 157 NM_002539 LUA#74 46 74 106209 271 323.5 225 36 276 278.5 NM_019058 LUA#75 37 48 56 90 126 137 9734 102 129 NM_004152 LUA#31 319 601 837 1645 2020 2157.5 1685 90.5 18451993 NM_004602 LUA#32 61 87.5 116 185 270 293 288 46 255 274.5 NM_018890LUA#33 82 151.5 240 534.5 760 762 652 41 737 769 NM_001101 LUA#34 7991279 1711 2759.5 2895 2880 2335 235 2622 2644 NM_006019 LUA#35 73 140227 497 747 787.5 655 34 810 792 NM_004134 LUA#76 47.5 67 93 182 284 297240 36 268 286 NM_005008 LUA#77 53.5 87 114 239.5 315 316 232 41 242301.5 NM_020117 LUA#78 65 114 184 371 519 543 415 45 487 502 NM_001469LUA#79 141.5 246.5 395 731.5 1124 1134 921 75.5 988.5 1104 NM_021203LUA#80 65 109 165 355 480 514 369 46 445.5 471 NM_002624 LUA#36 253.5500 700.5 1234 1402 1395 1167.5 79 1359 1343 NM_004759 LUA#37 32 41 60119 132.5 213 159 28 242 139.5 NM_002664 LUA#38 383 702 1051.5 1832 20522064 1635.5 101 1922 1934 NM_000211 LUA#39 204.5 356 501 939 1215 1215924.5 109 1072 1160 NM_002468 LUA#40 57.5 93 132.5 303 450 473.5 35736.5 367 421 NM_000884 LUA#81 126 209 304 612 794.5 804 624 58 670 692NM_003752 LUA#82 54 54 66 93 105 123 96 41 116 113 NM_018256 LUA#83178.5 177 268 371 633 804.5 779 151 638.5 688.5 NM_001948 LUA#84 34 3838 50 61 59 54 33 63 62 NM_005566 LUA#85 89 117 183 197.5 597 632 489 45539.5 610.5 NM_021103 LUA#41 467.5 781.5 992 1953 2465.5 2408 495 142629 2096 NM_002970 LUA#42 164 329 528 1106 1508 1570.5 1247 57 1316 1443NM_003332 LUA#43 591 1003 1446 2239 2492 2467 2041 177.5 2312 2346.5NM_004106 LUA#44 235 457 672 1276 1500 1506 1234 68 1458 1423 NM_002982LUA#45 1175 1759 2328 3359 3548 3612.5 3101 373 3449 3440 NM_005375LUA#86 106 131 196 334 547.5 602 531 86 548 553 NM_000250 LUA#87 46 5267 115 159 166 131 38 141 157 NM_004526 LUA#88 43 61 76.5 137 187.5 191138 37 153.5 172 NM_004741 LUA#89 70 77 131 204.5 315 415.5 300.5 58 397326 NM_002467 LUA#90 136 162 239 409.5 576 644 527 86 571 552.5 ACTBLUA#91 452 812 1191 2112.5 2760 2845 2391 144.5 2538 2604.5 TFRC LUA#9254 66 90 168 256 272 213 45 252 255 GAPDH_5 LUA#93 261.5 439.5 741 13881787 1865 1714 97 1699 1739.5 GAPDH_M LUA#94 221.5 396 590.5 1179.5 16021586 1267.5 79 1342.5 1462 GAPDH_3 LUA#95 579 1017 1438 2495.5 2680 27182148 172 2330.5 2534

TABLE 9 Sample Information Field Description Name Sample name used inthis study Data Set Data set that stores the miRNA expression data; 1for miGCM, 2 for PDT_miRNA, 3 for mLung, 4 for ALL, 5 for HL60, 6 forerythroid SR Name Corresponding sample name in Ramaswamy et al, PNAS,2001, 98: 15149-15154; empty entry for no match HuFL Scan Scan name forAffymetrix HuFL (Hu6800) chip, if available Hu35KsubA Scan name forAffymetrix Hu35KsubA chip, if available Scan BV Bead version that isused to detect the sample SSC Sample source code; 1 for Ramaswamy study,2 for St Jude, 3 for Dana-Farber, 4 for MIT MAL Maliganancy status code;1 for Normal, 2 for Tumor, 3 for cell line TT Tissue type code; 1 forstomach, 2 for colon, 3 for pancreas, 4 for liver, 5 for kidney, 6 forbladder, 7 for prostate, 8 for ovary, 9 for uterus, 10 for human lung,11 for mesothelioma, 12 for melanoma, 13 for breast, 14 for brain, 19for B cell ALL, 20 for T cell ALL, 21 for follicular cleaved lymphoma,22 for large B cell lymphoma, 23 for mycosis fungoidis, 24 for acutemyelogenous leukemia, 26 for mouse lung, 27 for erythrocytes CLT Cellline type code; 1 for non-cell-line/others, 2 for MCF-7, 3 for SKMEL-5,4 for PC-3, 5 for K562, 6 for HEL, 7 for TF-1, 8 for 293, 9 for HL60, 10for T-ALL cell lines PDT Poorly differentiated tumor (PDT) code; 0 forothers, 1 for PDT used in prediction, 2 for PDT not used in predictiondue to lack of successful Affymetrix scans AS ALL Subtype; 0 for othersor unknowns, 1 for BCR/ABL, 2 for E2A/PBX1, 3 for Hyperdiploid 47 to 50,4 for Hyperdiploid>50, 5 for MLL, 6 for T_ALL, 7 for TEL/AML1, 9 forNormal ploidy EP Epithelial code; 0 for others, 1 for epithelial sampleGI Gastrointestinal tract code; 0 for others and cell lines, 1 for GIsample Culture Description of culture condition for HL-60 anderythrocyte differentiation experiments N-T CLS Sample used to build thenormal/tumor classifier; 0 for others, 1 for used MultiC CLS Sample usedto build the multi-cancer classifier; 0 for others, 1 for used RNAStarting quantity of total RNA for profiling, measured in microgramsData Hu35KsubA N-T MultiC Name Set SR Name HuFL Scan Scan BV SSC MAL TTCLT PDT AS EP GI Culture CLS CLS RNA N_STOM_1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 NA 0 010 N_STOM_2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 NA 0 0 10 N_STOM_3 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1NA 0 0 10 N_STOM_4 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 NA 0 0 10 N_STOM_5 1 1 1 1 1 1 00 1 1 NA 0 0 10 N_STOM_6 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 NA 0 0 10 N_COLON_1 1CL2000090529AA CL2000090729AA 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 NA 1 0 10 N_COLON_2 1 11 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 NA 1 0 10 N_COLON_3 1 CL2000091210AA CL2000091510AA 1 11 2 1 0 0 1 1 NA 1 0 10 N_COLON_4 1 CL2000090527AA CL2000090727AA 1 1 12 1 0 0 1 1 NA 1 0 10 N_COLON_5 1 CL2000090523AA CL2000090723AA 1 1 1 21 0 0 1 1 NA 1 0 10 T_COLON_1 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 NA 1 0 10 T_COLON_2 1Colorectal_Adeno_mCRT2_(9752) CH2000030408AA SR2000042821AA 1 1 2 2 1 00 1 1 NA 1 1 10 T_COLON_3 1 Colorectal_Adeno_9912c055_CC CH2000031308AASR2000042828AA 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 NA 1 1 10 T_COLON_4 1Colorectal_Adeno_95_I_175 CH2000030516AA SR2000042819AA 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 11 NA 1 1 10 T_COLON_5 1 Colorectal_Adeno_0001c038_CC CH2000031317AASR2000042826AA 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 NA 1 1 10 T_COLON_6 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 1NA 1 0 10 T_COLON_7 1 Colorectal_Adeno_95_I_057 CH2000030507AASR2000042824AA 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 NA 1 1 10 T_COLON_8 1 SR2000051017AA 11 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 NA 1 0 10 T_COLON_9 1 Colorectal_Adeno_0001c040_CCCH2000031309AA CL2000091537AA 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 NA 1 1 10 T_COLON_10 1Colorectal_Adeno_HCTN_CRT1_(18851_A1B) SR1999121605AA SR2000042825AA 1 12 2 1 0 0 1 1 NA 1 1 10 N_PAN_1 1 CL2000090543AA CL2000090743AA 1 1 1 31 0 0 1 1 NA 0 0 10 T_PAN_1 1 Pancreas_Adeno_Pan_3T CH2000031008AASR2000042222AA 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 NA 0 1 10 T_PAN_2 1Pancreas_Adeno_Pan_6T CH2000031312AA SR2000042224AA 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 NA0 1 10 T_PAN_3 1 Pancreas_Adeno_97_I_077 CH2000031020AA 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 11 NA 0 0 10 T_PAN_4 1 Pancreas_Adeno_Pan_2T CH2000031318AASR2000042221AA 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 NA 0 1 10 T_PAN_5 1Pancreas_Adeno_Pan_7T CH2000031311AA SR2000042225AA 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 NA0 1 10 T_PAN_6 1 Pancreas_Adeno_Pan_17T CL2000071414AA CL2000071840AA 11 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 NA 0 1 10 T_PAN_7 1 Pancreas_Adeno_Pan_4T CH2000031024AASR2000042223AA 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 NA 0 1 10 T_PAN_8 1Pancreas_Adeno_Pan_1T CH2000031306AA SR2000042220AA 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 NA0 1 10 T_PAN_9 1 Pancreas_Adeno_Pan_29T CL2000071409AA CL2000081524AA 11 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 NA 0 1 10 N_LVR_1 1 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 NA 0 0 10 N_LVR_21 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 NA 0 0 10 N_LVR_3 1 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 NA 0 0 10N_KID_1 1 CL2000091226AA CL2000091526AA 1 1 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 NA 1 0 10N_KID_2 1 CL2000090539AA CL2000090739AA 1 1 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 NA 1 0 10N_KID_3 1 CL2000091214AA CL2000091514AA 1 1 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 NA 1 0 10T_KID_1 1 Renal_Carcinoma_Carc_628TG_(—) MG1999030902AA SR2000060917AA 11 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 NA 1 1 10 T_KID_2 1 SR2000060913AA 1 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 NA1 0 10 T_KID_3 1 Renal_Carcinoma_Carc_614TO_(—) MG1999030904AASR2000060914AA 1 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 NA 1 1 10 T_KID_4 1Renal_Carcinoma_Carc_609TO_(—) MG1999030901AA SR2000060916AA 1 1 2 5 1 00 1 0 NA 1 1 10 T_KID_5 1 Renal_Carcinoma_92_I_126 CH2000030508AASR2000050421AA 1 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 NA 1 1 10 TCL_293_1 1 1 4 3 5 8 0 0 1 0NA 0 0 10 TCL_293_2 1 1 4 3 5 8 0 0 1 0 NA 0 0 10 TCL_293_3 1 1 4 3 5 80 0 1 0 NA 0 0 10 N_BLDR_1 1 CL2000090532AA CL2000090732AA 1 1 1 6 1 0 01 0 NA 0 0 10 N_BLDR_2 1 1 1 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 NA 0 0 10 T_BLDR_1 1Bladder_TCC_9858 SR2000042208AA SR2000051014AA 1 1 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 NA 0 110 T_BLDR_2 1 1 1 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 NA 0 0 10 T_BLDR_3 1 Bladder_TCC_11520SR2000042201AA SR2000051005AA 1 1 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 NA 0 1 10 T_BLDR_4 1Bladder_TCC_B_0004 CL2000080113AA CL2000080314AA 1 1 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 NA 01 10 T_BLDR_5 1 Bladder_TCC_B_0008 CL2000080115AA CL2000080803AA 1 1 2 61 0 0 1 0 NA 0 1 10 T_BLDR_6 1 Bladder_TCC_B_0001 CL2000080110AACL2000080311AA 1 1 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 NA 0 1 10 T_BLDR_7 1Bladder_TCC_07-B_003E CL2000080109AA CL2000080310AA 1 1 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 NA0 1 10 N_PROST_1 1 CL2000090515AA CL2000090715AA 1 1 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 NA 10 10 N_PROST_2 1 CL2000090518AA CL2000090718AA 1 1 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 NA 1 010 N_PROST_3 1 1 1 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 NA 1 0 10 N_PROST_4 1 CL2000090514AACL2000090714AA 1 1 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 NA 1 0 10 N_PROST_5 1 1 1 1 7 1 0 0 1 0NA 1 0 10 N_PROST_6 1 CL2000090517AA CL2000090717AA 1 1 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 NA1 0 10 N_PROST_7 1 CL2000090519AA CL2000090719AA 1 1 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 NA 10 10 N_PROST_8 1 CL2000090516AA CL2000090716AA 1 1 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 NA 1 010 T_PROST_1 1 Prostate_Adeno_P_0025 CL2000090506AA CL2000090706AA 1 1 27 1 0 0 1 0 NA 1 1 10 T_PROST_2 1 Prostate_Adeno_P_0030 CL2000090507AACL2000090707AA 1 1 2 7 1 0 0 1 0 NA 1 1 10 T_PROST_3 1Prostate_Adeno_P_0036 CL2000090509AA CL2000090709AA 1 1 2 7 1 0 0 1 0 NA1 1 10 T_PROST_4 1 Prostate_Adeno_P_0033 CL2000090508AA CL2000090708AA 11 2 7 1 0 0 1 0 NA 1 1 10 T_PROST_5 1 Prostate_Adeno_95_I_256CL2000071413AA CL2000071839AA 1 1 2 7 1 0 0 1 0 NA 1 1 10 T_PROST_6 1Prostate_Adeno_94_I_052 CH2000030405AA SR2000050409AA 1 1 2 7 1 0 0 1 0NA 1 1 10 TCL_PC- 1 1 4 3 7 4 0 0 1 0 NA 0 0 10 3_1 TCL_PC- 1 1 4 3 7 40 0 1 0 NA 0 0 10 3_2 TCL_PC- 1 1 4 3 7 4 0 0 1 0 NA 0 0 10 3_3 TCL_PC-1 1 4 3 7 4 0 0 1 0 NA 0 0 10 3_4 T_OVARY_1 1 Ovary_Adeno_mOVT1_(8691)CH2000030411AA SR2000050412AA 1 1 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 NA 0 1 10 T_OVARY_2 1 11 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 NA 0 0 10 T_OVARY_3 1 Ovary_Adeno_H_6206 CL2000080107AACL2000080308AA 1 1 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 NA 0 1 10 T_OVARY_4 1Ovary_Adeno_07-B_001B CL2000080103AA CL2000080304AA 1 1 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 NA0 1 10 T_OVARY_5 1 Ovary_Adeno_07-B_014G CL2000080104AA CL2000080305AA 11 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 NA 0 1 10 T_OVARY_6 1 Ovary_Adeno_93_I_081CH2000030415AA SR2000050411AA 1 1 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 NA 0 1 10 T_OVARY_7 1 11 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 NA 0 0 10 N_UT_1 1 1 1 1 9 1 0 0 1 0 NA 1 0 10 N_UT_2 11 1 1 9 1 0 0 1 0 NA 1 0 10 N_UT_3 1 1 1 1 9 1 0 0 1 0 NA 1 0 10 N_UT_41 1 1 1 9 1 0 0 1 0 NA 1 0 10 N_UT_5 1 1 1 1 9 1 0 0 1 0 NA 1 0 10N_UT_6 1 1 1 1 9 1 0 0 1 0 NA 1 0 10 N_UT_7 1 1 1 1 9 1 0 0 1 0 NA 1 010 N_UT_8 1 CL2000091225AA CL2000091525AA 1 1 1 9 1 0 0 1 0 NA 1 0 10N_UT_9 1 1 1 1 9 1 0 0 1 0 NA 1 0 10 T_UT_1 1 Uterus_Adeno_2967SR2000042205AA SR2000051008AA 1 1 2 9 1 0 0 1 0 NA 1 1 10 T_UT_2 1Uterus_Adeno_3663 SR2000042203AA SR2000051003AA 1 1 2 9 1 0 0 1 0 NA 1 110 T_UT_3 1 Uterus_Adeno_3226 SR2000042207AA SR2000051931AA 1 1 2 9 1 00 1 0 NA 1 1 10 T_UT_4 1 Uterus_Adeno_4915 SR2000042209AA SR2000051001AA1 1 2 9 1 0 0 1 0 NA 1 1 10 T_UT_5 1 Uterus_Adeno_92_I_073CH2000030413AA SR2000050424AA 1 1 2 9 1 0 0 1 0 NA 1 1 10 T_UT_6 1Uterus_Adeno_5116 SR2000042206AA SR2000051016AA 1 1 2 9 1 0 0 1 0 NA 1 110 T_UT_7 1 Uterus_Adeno_4075 SR2000042212AA SR2000051010AA 1 1 2 9 1 00 1 0 NA 1 1 10 T_UT_8 1 Uterus_Adeno_2552 SR2000042210AA SR2000051004AA1 1 2 9 1 0 0 1 0 NA 1 1 10 T_UT_9 1 Uterus_Adeno_4203 SR2000042202AASR2000051009AA 1 1 2 9 1 0 0 1 0 NA 1 1 10 T_UT_10 1 Uterus_Adeno_4840SR2000042214AA SR2000051011AA 1 1 2 9 1 0 0 1 0 NA 1 1 10 N_LUNG_1 1CL2000090521AA CL2000090721AA 1 1 1 10 1 0 0 1 0 NA 1 0 10 N_LUNG_2 1 11 1 10 1 0 0 1 0 NA 1 0 10 N_LUNG_3 1 CL2000091223AA CL2000091523AA 1 11 10 1 0 0 1 0 NA 1 0 10 N_LUNG_4 1 1 1 1 10 1 0 0 1 0 NA 1 0 10T_LUNG_1 1 Lung_Adeno_004_B CL2000090501AA CL2000090701AA 1 1 2 10 1 0 01 0 NA 1 1 10 T_LUNG_2 1 Lung_Adeno_H_20154 CL2000090504AACL2000090704AA 1 1 2 10 1 0 0 1 0 NA 1 1 10 T_LUNG_3 1 Met_Lung_H_20300CL2000090505AA CL2000090705AA 1 1 2 10 1 0 0 1 0 NA 1 1 10 T_LUNG_4 1Lung_Adeno_009_C CL2000090502AA CL2000090702AA 1 1 2 10 1 0 0 1 0 NA 1 110 T_LUNG_5 1 1 1 2 10 1 0 0 1 0 NA 1 0 10 T_LUNG_6 1 Lung_Adeno_H_20387CL2000090503AA CL2000090703AA 1 1 2 10 1 0 0 1 0 NA 1 1 10 T_MESO_1 1Mesothelioma_300_T CH2000031101AA SR2000050516AA 1 1 2 11 1 0 0 1 0 NA 01 10 T_MESO_2 1 Mesothelioma_224_T5 CH2000031015AA SR2000050509AA 1 1 211 1 0 0 1 0 NA 0 1 10 T_MESO_3 1 Mesothelioma_235_T6 CH2000031018AASR2000050507AA 1 1 2 11 1 0 0 1 0 NA 0 1 10 T_MESO_4 1Mesothelioma_169_T7 CH2000031004AA SR2000050501AA 1 1 2 11 1 0 0 1 0 NA0 1 10 T_MESO_5 1 Mesothelioma_31_T10 CH2000031014AA SR2000050513AA 1 12 11 1 0 0 1 0 NA 0 1 10 T_MESO_6 1 Mesothelioma_165_T5 CH2000031019AASR2000050510AA 1 1 2 11 1 0 0 1 0 NA 0 1 10 T_MESO_7 1Mesothelioma_74_T6 CH2000031021AA SR2000050514AA 1 1 2 11 1 0 0 1 0 NA 01 10 T_MESO_8 1 Mesothelioma_215_T5 CH2000031017AA SR2000050511AA 1 1 211 1 0 0 1 0 NA 0 1 10 T_MELA_1 1 Melanoma_96_I_166 CH2000031316AASR2000050518AA 1 1 2 12 1 0 0 1 0 NA 0 1 10 T_MELA_2 1 Melanoma_94_I_149CH2000031011AA SR2000050504AA 1 1 2 12 1 0 0 1 0 NA 0 1 10 T_MELA_3 1Melanoma_93_I_262 CH2000031305AA SR2000050519AA 1 1 2 12 1 0 0 1 0 NA 01 10 TCL_SKMEL- 1 1 4 3 12 3 0 0 1 0 NA 0 0 10 5_1 TCL_SKMEL- 1 1 4 3 123 0 0 1 0 NA 0 0 10 5_2 N_BRST_1 1 CL2000090513AA CL2000090713AA 1 1 113 1 0 0 1 0 NA 1 0 10 N_BRST_2 1 CL2000090511AA CL2000090711AA 1 1 1 131 0 0 1 0 NA 1 0 10 N_BRST_3 1 CL2000090512AA CL2000090712AA 1 1 1 13 10 0 1 0 NA 1 0 10 T_BRST_1 1 Breast_Adeno_9912c068_CC CH2000031302AASR2000042806AA 1 1 2 13 1 0 0 1 0 NA 1 1 10 T_BRST_2 1Breast_Adeno_94_I_155 CH2000030407AA SR2000042804AA 1 1 2 13 1 0 0 1 0NA 1 1 10 T_BRST_3 1 Breast_Adeno_mBRT1_(8697) CH2000030509AASR2000051018AA 1 1 2 13 1 0 0 1 0 NA 1 1 10 T_BRST_4 1Breast_Adeno_95_I_029 CH2000030511AA SR2000042803AA 1 1 2 13 1 0 0 1 0NA 1 1 10 T_BRST_5 1 Breast_Adeno_93_I_250 CH2000031102AA SR2000042807AA1 1 2 13 1 0 0 1 0 NA 1 1 10 T_BRST_6 1 Breast_Adeno_09-B_003ACL2000080301AA CL2000091505AA 1 1 2 13 1 0 0 1 0 NA 1 1 10 TCL_MCF- 1 14 3 13 2 0 0 1 0 NA 0 0 10 7_1 TCL_MCF- 1 1 4 3 13 2 0 0 1 0 NA 0 0 107_2 TCL_MCF- 1 1 4 3 13 2 0 0 1 0 NA 0 0 10 7_3 TCL_MCF- 1 1 4 3 13 2 00 1 0 NA 0 0 10 7_4 TCL_MCF- 1 1 4 3 13 2 0 0 1 0 NA 0 0 10 7_5N_BRAIN_1 1 CL2000091228AA CL2000091528AA 1 1 1 14 1 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 10N_BRAIN_2 1 CL2000090547AA CL2000090747AA 1 1 1 14 1 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 10T_BALL_1 1 1 2 2 19 1 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_BALL_2 1 1 2 2 19 1 0 0 0 0 NA0 0 5 T_BALL_3 1 1 2 2 19 1 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_BALL_4 1 1 2 2 19 1 0 0 00 NA 0 0 5 T_BALL_5 1 1 2 2 19 1 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_BALL_6 1 1 2 2 19 10 0 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_BALL_7 1 1 2 2 19 1 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_BALL_8 1 1 2 219 1 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_BALL_9 1 1 2 2 19 1 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_BALL_10 11 2 2 19 1 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_BALL_11 1 1 2 2 19 1 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 5T_BALL_12 1 1 2 2 19 1 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_BALL_13 1 1 2 2 19 1 0 0 0 0NA 0 0 5 T_BALL_14 1 1 2 2 19 1 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_BALL_15 1 1 2 2 19 10 0 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_BALL_16 1 1 2 2 19 1 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_BALL_17 1 1 22 19 1 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_BALL_18 1 1 2 2 19 1 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 5T_BALL_19 1 1 2 2 19 1 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_BALL_20 1 1 2 2 19 1 0 0 0 0NA 0 0 5 T_BALL_21 1 1 2 2 19 1 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_BALL_22 1 1 2 2 19 10 0 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_BALL_23 1 1 2 2 19 1 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_BALL_24 1 1 22 19 1 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_BALL_25 1 1 2 2 19 1 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 5T_BALL_26 1 1 2 2 19 1 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_TALL_1 1 1 2 2 20 1 0 0 0 0 NA0 0 5 T_TALL_2 1 1 2 2 20 1 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_TALL_3 1 1 2 2 20 1 0 0 00 NA 0 0 5 T_TALL_4 1 1 2 2 20 1 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_TALL_5 1 1 2 2 20 10 0 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_TALL_6 1 1 3 2 20 1 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 2 T_TALL_7 1 1 3 220 1 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 2 T_TALL_8 1 1 3 2 20 1 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 10 T_TALL_9 11 3 2 20 1 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 10 T_TALL_10 1 1 3 2 20 1 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 10T_TALL_11 1 1 3 2 20 1 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 10 T_TALL_12 1 1 3 2 20 1 0 0 0 0NA 0 0 2 T_TALL_13 1 1 3 2 20 1 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 2 T_TALL_14 1 1 3 2 20 10 0 0 0 NA 0 0 2 T_TALL_15 1 1 3 2 20 1 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 2 T_TALL_16 1 1 32 20 1 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 1 T_TALL_17 1 1 3 2 20 1 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 1T_TALL_18 1 1 3 2 20 1 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 1 TCL_ALLCL_1 1 1 3 3 20 10 0 0 00 NA 0 0 10 TCL_ALLCL_2 1 1 3 3 20 10 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 10 TCL_ALLCL_3 1 13 3 20 10 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 10 TCL_ALLCL_4 1 1 3 3 20 10 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 10TCL_ALLCL_5 1 1 3 3 20 10 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 10 TCL_ALLCL_6 1 1 3 3 20 10 00 0 0 NA 0 0 10 TCL_ALLCL_7 1 1 3 3 20 10 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 10 TCL_ALLCL_81 1 3 3 20 10 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 10 TCL_ALLCL_9 1 1 3 3 20 10 0 0 0 0 NA 0 010 TCL_ALLCL_10 1 1 3 3 20 10 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 10 T_FCC_1 1 1 3 2 21 1 0 00 0 NA 0 0 10 T_FCC_2 1 1 3 2 21 1 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 10 T_FCC_3 1 1 3 2 211 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 10 T_FCC_4 1 1 3 2 21 1 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 10 T_FCC_5 1FSCC_S98_14359_(—) MG1999052110AA SR2000060816AA 1 3 2 21 1 0 0 0 0 NA 00 10 T_FCC_6 1 1 3 2 21 1 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 10 T_FCC_7 1 1 3 2 21 1 0 0 0 0NA 0 0 10 T_FCC_8 1 1 3 2 21 1 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 10 T_LBL_1 1 1 3 2 22 1 00 0 0 NA 0 0 10 T_LBL_2 1 1 3 2 22 1 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 10 T_LBL_3 1MG19991001015AA 1 3 2 22 1 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 10 T_LBL_4 1 1 3 2 22 1 0 0 00 NA 0 0 10 T_LBL_5 1 1 3 2 22 1 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 10 T_LBL_6 1L_B_CELL_S97_27534_G_(—) MG1999101304AA SR2000060801AA 1 3 2 22 1 0 0 00 NA 0 0 10 T_LBL_7 1 1 3 2 22 1 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 10 T_LBL_8 1MG1999100110AA 1 3 2 22 1 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 10 T_MF_1 1 1 4 2 23 1 0 0 0 0NA 0 0 10 T_MF_2 1 1 4 2 23 1 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 10 T_MF_3 1 1 4 2 23 1 0 00 0 NA 0 0 10 TCL_K562_1 1 1 4 3 24 5 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 10 TCL_K562_2 1 1 43 24 5 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 10 TCL_HEL_1 1 1 4 3 24 6 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 10TCL_HEL_2 1 1 4 3 24 6 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 10 TCL_HEL_3 1 1 4 3 24 6 0 0 0 0NA 0 0 10 TCL_TF-1_1 1 1 4 3 24 7 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 10 TCL_TF-1_2 1 1 4 324 7 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 10 TCL_TF-1_3 1 1 4 3 24 7 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 10PDT_BRST_1 2 CUP_5 CL2000080121AA CL2000080818AA 1 1 2 13 1 1 0 1 0 NA 00 10 PDT_BRST_2 2 CUP_2 CL2000080117AA CL2000080815AA 1 1 2 13 1 1 0 1 0NA 0 0 10 PDT_BRST_3 2 CUP_11 CL2000080127AA CL2000080824AA 1 1 2 13 1 10 1 0 NA 0 0 10 PDT_BRST_4 2 CUP_3 CL2000080119AA CL2000080816AA 1 1 213 1 1 0 1 0 NA 0 0 10 PDT_BRST_5 2 CUP_1 CL2000080118AA CL2000080814AA1 1 2 13 1 1 0 1 0 NA 0 0 10 PDT_COLON_1 2 CUP_15 CL2000081105AACL2000081505AA 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 NA 0 0 10 PDT_LBL_1 2 1 1 2 22 1 2 0 00 NA 0 0 10 PDT_LUNG_1 2 CUP_12 CL2000081102AA CL2000081502AA 1 1 2 10 11 0 1 0 NA 0 0 10 PDT_LUNG_2 2 CUP_9 CL2000080125AA CL2000080822AA 1 1 210 1 1 0 1 0 NA 0 0 10 PDT_LUNG_3 2 CUP_8 CL2000081101AA CL2000081501AA1 1 2 10 1 1 0 1 0 NA 0 0 10 PDT_LUNG_4 2 CUP_6 CL2000080122AACL2000080819AA 1 1 2 10 1 1 0 1 0 NA 0 0 10 PDT_LUNG_5 2 CUP_22CL2000081112AA CL2000081512AA 1 1 2 10 1 1 0 1 0 NA 0 0 10 PDT_LUNG_6 2CUP_7 CL2000080123AA CL2000080820AA 1 1 2 10 1 1 0 1 0 NA 0 0 10PDT_LUNG_7 2 CUP_10 CL2000080126AA CL2000080823AA 1 1 2 10 1 1 0 1 0 NA0 0 10 PDT_LUNG_8 2 CUP_14 CL2000080120AA CL2000080817AA 1 1 2 10 1 1 01 0 NA 0 0 10 PDT_OVARY_1 2 CUP_13 CL2000081103AA CL2000081503AA 1 1 2 81 1 0 1 0 NA 0 0 10 PDT_OVARY_2 2 CUP_14 CL2000081104AA CL2000081504AA 11 2 8 1 1 0 1 0 NA 0 0 10 PDT_OVARY_3 2 CUP_17 CL2000081107AACL2000081507AA 1 1 2 8 1 1 0 1 0 NA 0 0 10 PDT_STOM_1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 0 11 NA 0 0 10 N_MLUNG_1 3 1 4 1 26 1 0 0 1 0 NA 0 0 5 N_MLUNG_2 3 1 4 1 261 0 0 1 0 NA 0 0 5 N_MLUNG_3 3 1 4 1 26 1 0 0 1 0 NA 0 0 5 N_MLUNG_4 3 14 1 26 1 0 0 1 0 NA 0 0 5 N_MLUNG_5 3 1 4 1 26 1 0 0 1 0 NA 0 0 5T_MLUNG_1 3 1 4 2 26 1 0 0 1 0 NA 0 0 5 T_MLUNG_2 3 1 4 2 26 1 0 0 1 0NA 0 0 5 T_MLUNG_3 3 1 4 2 26 1 0 0 1 0 NA 0 0 5 T_MLUNG_4 3 1 4 2 26 10 0 1 0 NA 0 0 5 T_MLUNG_5 3 1 4 2 26 1 0 0 1 0 NA 0 0 5 T_MLUNG_6 3 1 42 26 1 0 0 1 0 NA 0 0 5 T_MLUNG_7 3 1 4 2 26 1 0 0 1 0 NA 0 0 5T_SJ_ALL_1 4 2 2 2 19 1 0 3 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_2 4 2 2 2 19 1 0 9 0 0NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_3 4 2 2 2 19 1 0 4 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_4 4 2 2 2 191 0 3 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_5 4 2 2 2 20 1 0 6 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_6 42 2 2 19 1 0 1 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_7 4 2 2 2 19 1 0 9 0 0 NA 0 0 5T_SJ_ALL_8 4 2 2 2 20 1 0 6 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_9 4 2 2 2 19 1 0 4 0 0NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_10 4 2 2 2 19 1 0 5 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_11 4 2 2 219 1 0 7 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_12 4 2 2 2 19 1 0 7 0 0 NA 0 0 5T_SJ_ALL_13 4 2 2 2 19 1 0 7 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_14 4 2 2 2 20 1 0 6 00 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_15 4 2 2 2 19 1 0 3 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_16 4 2 2 219 1 0 4 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_17 4 2 2 2 20 1 0 6 0 0 NA 0 0 5T_SJ_ALL_18 4 2 2 2 20 1 0 6 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_19 4 2 2 2 19 1 0 9 00 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_20 4 2 2 2 19 1 0 7 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_21 4 2 2 220 1 0 6 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_22 4 2 2 2 20 1 0 6 0 0 NA 0 0 5T_SJ_ALL_23 4 2 2 2 19 1 0 9 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_24 4 2 2 2 20 1 0 6 00 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_25 4 2 2 2 19 1 0 5 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_26 4 2 2 220 1 0 6 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_27 4 2 2 2 19 1 0 2 0 0 NA 0 0 5T_SJ_ALL_28 4 2 2 2 19 1 0 4 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_29 4 2 2 2 19 1 0 2 00 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_30 4 2 2 2 19 1 0 1 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_31 4 2 2 219 1 0 5 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_32 4 2 2 2 19 1 0 5 0 0 NA 0 0 5T_SJ_ALL_33 4 2 2 2 19 1 0 1 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_34 4 2 2 2 20 1 0 6 00 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_35 4 2 2 2 19 1 0 2 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_36 4 2 2 220 1 0 6 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_37 4 2 2 2 20 1 0 6 0 0 NA 0 0 5T_SJ_ALL_38 4 2 2 2 19 1 0 3 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_39 4 2 2 2 19 1 0 4 00 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_40 4 2 2 2 20 1 0 6 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_41 4 2 2 219 1 0 2 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_42 4 2 2 2 19 1 0 7 0 0 NA 0 0 5T_SJ_ALL_43 4 2 2 2 20 1 0 6 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_44 4 2 2 2 19 1 0 3 00 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_45 4 2 2 2 19 1 0 4 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_46 4 2 2 219 1 0 7 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_47 4 2 2 2 20 1 0 6 0 0 NA 0 0 5T_SJ_ALL_48 4 2 2 2 19 1 0 1 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_49 4 2 2 2 19 1 0 5 00 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_50 4 2 2 2 19 1 0 4 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_51 4 2 2 219 1 0 3 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_52 4 2 2 2 19 1 0 3 0 0 NA 0 0 5T_SJ_ALL_53 4 2 2 2 19 1 0 5 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_54 4 2 2 2 20 1 0 6 00 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_55 4 2 2 2 20 1 0 6 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_56 4 2 2 219 1 0 4 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_57 4 2 2 2 19 1 0 2 0 0 NA 0 0 5T_SJ_ALL_58 4 2 2 2 20 1 0 6 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_59 4 2 2 2 20 1 0 6 00 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_60 4 2 2 2 19 1 0 7 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_61 4 2 2 219 1 0 7 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_62 4 2 2 2 19 1 0 3 0 0 NA 0 0 5T_SJ_ALL_63 4 2 2 2 19 1 0 7 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_64 4 2 2 2 19 1 0 2 00 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_65 4 2 2 2 19 1 0 2 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_66 4 2 2 219 1 0 2 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_67 4 2 2 2 19 1 0 1 0 0 NA 0 0 5T_SJ_ALL_68 4 2 2 2 19 1 0 7 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_69 4 2 2 2 19 1 0 2 00 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_70 4 2 2 2 19 1 0 4 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_71 4 2 2 219 1 0 3 0 0 NA 0 0 5 T_SJ_ALL_72 4 2 2 2 19 1 0 7 0 0 NA 0 0 5T_SJ_ALL_73 4 2 2 2 19 1 0 3 0 0 NA 0 0 5 TCL_HL60_1 5 1 4 3 24 9 0 0 00 1- 0 0 5 Day- ATRA TCL_HL60_2 5 1 4 3 24 9 0 0 0 0 3- 0 0 5 Day- ATRATCL_HL60_3 5 1 4 3 24 9 0 0 0 0 5- 0 0 5 Day- ATRA TCL_HL60_4 5 1 4 3 249 0 0 0 0 1- 0 0 5 Day + ATRA TCL_HL60_5 5 1 4 3 24 9 0 0 0 0 3- 0 0 5Day + ATRA TCL_HL60_6 5 1 4 3 24 9 0 0 0 0 5- 0 0 5 Day + ATRA N_ERYTH_16 2 4 1 27 1 0 0 0 0 2- 0 0 1.6 Day N_ERYTH_2 6 2 4 1 27 1 0 0 0 0 4- 00 1.6 Day N_ERYTH_3 6 2 4 1 27 1 0 0 0 0 6- 0 0 1.6 Day N_ERYTH_4 6 2 41 27 1 0 0 0 0 8- 0 0 1.6 Day N_ERYTH_5 6 2 4 1 27 1 0 0 0 0 10- 0 0 1.6Day N_ERYTH_6 6 2 4 1 27 1 0 0 0 0 12- 0 0 1.6 Day

TABLE 10a-10b Probe Information Field Description Probe ID Probe nameSeq Type Biosequence type; oligo for deoxyoligonucleotides Probe 5′ to3′ capture probe sequence Sequence Target 5′ to 3′ target or targetmutant sequence; NA for not available Sequence Human Human miRNArecognized by probe according to microRNA registry rfam 5.0 Mouse MousemiRNA recognized by probe according to microRNA registry rfam 5.0 RatRat miRNA recognized by probe according to microRNA registry rfam 5.0Other Special note about recognition Control Whether the feature is acontrol feature and what type of control Set Number The set of beadsthis feature belongs to in version 1 (V1) Set Number The set of beadsthis feature belongs to in version 2 (V2) Usage Whether the feature isused in the final dataset for analyses and why not Table 10a Probe IDSeq Type Probe Sequence Target Sequence EAM103 Oligo/5AmMC6/TGGCATTCACCGCGTGCCTTA seq 286 UUAAGGCACGCGGUGAAUGCCA seq 568 idid no: no: EAM105 Oligo /5AmMC6/TCACAAGTTAGGGTCTCAGGGA seq 287UCCCUGAGACCCUAACUUGUGA seq 569 id id no: no: EAM109 Oligo/5AmMC6/AACAACAAAATCACTAGTCTTCCA seq 288 UGGAAGACUAGUGAUUUUGUU seq 570id id no: no: EAM111 Oligo /5AmMC6/TAACTGTACAAACTACTACCTCA seq 289UGAGGUAGUAGUUUGUACAGU seq 571 id id no: no: EAM115 Oligo/5AmMC6/CGCCAATATTTACGTGCTGCTA seq 290 UAGCAGCACGUAAAUAUUGGCG seq 572 idid no: no: EAM119 Oligo /5AmMC6/AACACTGATTTCAAATGGTGCTA seq 291UAGCACCAUUUGAAAUCAGUGU seq 573 id id no: no: EAM121 Oligo/5AmMC6/CACAAGATCGGATCTACGGGT seq 292 AACCCGUAGAUCCGAUCUUGUG seq 574 idid no: no: EAM131 Oligo /5AmMC6/ACAGGCCGGGACAAGTGCAATAT seq 293UAUUGCACUUGUCCCGGCCUGU seq 575 id id no: no: EAM139 Oligo/5AmMC6/TAACCCATGGAATTCAGTTCTCA seq 294 UGAGAACUGAAUUCCAUGGGUU seq 576id id no: no: EAM145 Oligo /5AmMC6/AACCATACAACCTACTACCTCA seq 295UGAGGUAGUAGGUUGUAUGGUU seq 577 id id no: no: EAM152 Oligo/5AmMC6/ACTTTCGGTTATCTAGCTTTAT seq 296 UAAAGCUAGAUAACCGAAAGU seq 578 idid no: no: EAM238 Oligo /5AmMC6/ATACATACTTCTTTACATTCCA seq 297UGGAAUGUAAAGAAGUAUGUA seq 579 id id no: no: EAM270 Oligo/5AmMC6/GCTGAGTGTAGGATGTTTACA seq 298 UGUAAACAUCCUACACUCAGC seq 580 idid no: no: EAM159 Oligo /5AmMC6/ATGCCCTTTTAACATTGCACTG seq 299CAGUGCAAUGUUAAAAGGGC seq 581 id id no: no: EAM163 Oligo/5AmMC6/TCCATAAAGTAGGAAACACTACA seq 300 UGUAGUGUUUCCUACUUUAUGGA seq 582id id no: no: EAM171 Oligo /5AmMC6/CTACGCGTATTCTTAAGCAATAA seq 301UAUUGCUUAAGAAUACGCGUAG seq 583 id id no: no: EAM183 Oligo/5AmMC6/AGCACAAACTACTACCTCA seq 302 UGAGGUAGUAGUUUGUGCU seq 584 id idno: no: EAM184 Oligo /5AmMC6/CACAAGTTCGGATCTACGGGTT seq 303AACCCGUAGAUCCGAACUUGUG seq 585 id id no: no: EAM186 Oligo/5AmMC6/GCTACCTGCACTGTAAGCACTTTT seq 304 AAAAGUGCUUACAGUGCAGGUAGC seq586 id id no: no: EAM189 Oligo /5AmMC6/CACAAATTCGGATCTACAGGGTA seq 305UACCCUGUAGAUCCGAAUUUGUG seq 587 id id no: no: EAM191 Oligo/5AmMC6/ACAAACACCATTGTCACACTCCA seq 306 UGGAGUGUGACAAUGGUGUUUGU seq 588id id no: no: EAM192 Oligo /5AmMC6/CGCGTACCAAAAGTAATAATG seq 307CAUUAUUACUUUUGGUACGCG seq 589 id id no: no: EAM198 Oligo/5AmMC6/GCCCTTTCATCATTGCACTG seq 308 CAGUGCAAUGAUGAAAGGGCAU seq 590 idid no: no: EAM202 Oligo /5AmMC6/TCCCTCTGGTCAACCAGTCACA seq 309UGUGACUGGUUGACCAGAGGG seq 591 id id no: no: EAM209 Oligo/5AmMC6/GTAGTGCTTTCTACTTTATG seq 310 CAUAAAGUAGAAAGCACUAC seq 592 id idno: no: EAM221 Oligo /5AmMC6/CCCCTATCACAATTAGCATTAA seq 311UUAAUGCUAAUUGUGAUAGGGG seq 593 id id no: no: EAM223 Oligo/5AmMC6/TGTAAACCATGATGTGCTGCTA seq 312 UAGCAGCACAUCAUGGUUUACA seq 594 idid no: no: EAM224 Oligo /5AmMC6/ACTACCTGCACTGTAAGCACTTTG seq 313CAAAGUGCUUACAGUGCAGGUAGU seq 595 id id no: no: EAM225 Oligo/5AmMC6/TATCTGCACTAGATGCACCTTA seq 314 UAAGGUGCAUCUAGUGCAGAUA seq 596 idid no: no: EAM226 Oligo /5AmMC6/ACTCACCGACAGCGTTGAATGTT seq 315AACAUUCAACGCUGUCGGUGAGU seq 597 id id no: no: EAM227 Oligo/5AmMC6/AACCCACCGACAGCAATGAATGTT seq 316 AACAUUCAUUGCUGUCGGUGGGUU seq598 id id no: no: EAM234 Oligo /5AmMC6/GAACAGGTAGTCTGAACACTGGG seq 317CCCAGUGUUCAGACUACCUGUUC seq 599 id id no: no: EAM235 Oligo/5AmMC6/GAACAGATAGTCTAAACACTGGG seq 318 CCCAGUGUUUAGACUAUCUGUUC seq 600id id no: no: EAM236 Oligo /5AmMC6/TCAGTTTTGCATAGATTTGCACA seq 319UGUGCAAAUCUAUGCAAAACUGA seq 601 id id no: no: EAM241 Oligo/5AmMC6/CTAGTGGTCCTAAACATTTCAC seq 320 GUGAAAUGUUUAGGACCACUAG seq 602 idid no: no: EAM242 Oligo /5AmMC6/AGGCATAGGATGACAAAGGGAA seq 321UUCCCUUUGUCAUCCUAUGCCUG seq 603 id id no: no: EAM243 Oligo/5AmMC6/CAGACTCCGGTGGAATGAAGGA seq 322 UCCUUCAUUCCACCGGAGUCUG seq 604 idid no: no: EAM245 Oligo /5AmMC6/CAGCCGCTGTCACACGCACAG seq 323CUGUGCGUGUGACAGCGGCUG seq 605 id id no: no: EAM249 Oligo/5AmMC6/CTGCCTGTCTGTGCCTGCTGT seq 324 ACAGCAGGCACAGACAGGCAG seq 606 idid no: no: EAM254 Oligo /5AmMC6/AGAATTGCGTTTGGACAATCA seq 325UGAUUGUCCAAACGCAAUUCU seq 607 id id no: no: EAM257 Oligo/5AmMC6/GAAACCCAGCAGACAATGTAGCT seq 326 AGCUACAUUGUCUGCUGGGUUUC seq 608id id no: no: EAM258 Oligo /5AmMC6/GAGACCCAGTAGCCAGATGTAGCT seq 327AGCUACAUCUGGCUACUGGGUCUC seq 609 id id no: no: EAM259 Oligo/5AmMC6/GGGGTATTTGACAAACTGACA seq 328 UGUCAGUUUGUCAAAUACCCC seq 610 idid no: no: EAM273 Oligo /5AmMC6/CAATGCAACTACAATGCAC seq 329GUGCAUUGUAGUUGCAUUG seq 611 id id no: no: EAM288 Oligo/5AmMC6/ACACAAATTCGGTTCTACAGGG seq 330 CCCUGUAGAACCGAAUUUGUGU seq 612 idid no: no: EAM293 Oligo /5AmMC6/ACCCTCCACCATGCAAGGGATG seq 331CAUCCCUUGCAUGGUGGAGGGU seq 613 id id no: no: EAM297 Oligo/5AmMC6/CTGGGACTTTGTAGGCCAGTT seq 332 AACUGGCCUACAAAGUCCCAG seq 614 idid no: no: EAM301 Oligo /5AmMC6/CCTATCTCCCCTCTGGACC seq 333GGUCCAGAGGGGAGAUAGG seq 615 id id no: no: EAM304 Oligo/5AmMC6/CATCGTTACCAGACAGTGTTA seq 334 UAACACUGUCUGGUAACGAUGU seq 616 idid no: no: EAM306 Oligo /5AmMC6/AGAACAATGCCTTACTGAGTA seq 335UACUCAGUAAGGCAUUGUUCU seq 617 id id no: no: EAM307 Oligo/5AmMC6/TCTTCCCATGCGCTATACCTCT seq 336 AGAGGUAUAGCGCAUGGGAAGA seq 618 idid no: no: EAM308 Oligo /5AmMC6/CCACACACTTCCTTACATTCCA seq 337UGGAAUGUAAGGAAGUGUGUGG seq 619 id id no: no: EAM309 Oligo/5AmMC6/GAGGGAGGAGAGCCAGGAGAAGC seq 338 GCUUCUCCUGGCUCUCCUCCCUC seq 620id id no: no: EAM310 Oligo /5AmMC6/ACAAGCTTTTTGCTCGTCTTAT seq 339AUAAGACGAGCAAAAAGCUUGU seq 621 id id no: no: EAM247 Oligo/5AmMC6/GGCCGTGACTGGAGACTGTTA seq 340 UAACAGUCUCCAGUCACGGCC seq 622 idid no: no: EAM251 Oligo /5AmMC6/CACAGTTGCCAGCTGAGATTA seq 341UAAUCUCAGCUGGCAACUGUG seq 623 id id no: no: EAM253 Oligo/5AmMC6/ACATGGTTAGATCAAGCACAA seq 342 UUGUGCUUGAUCUAACCAUGU seq 624 idid no: no: EAM275 Oligo /5AmMC6/ACAACCAGCTAAGACACTGCCA seq 343UGGCAGUGUCUUAGCUGGUUGUU seq 625 id id no: no: EAM246 Oligo/5AmMC6/AGGCGAAGGATGACAAAGGGAA seq 344 UUCCCUUUGUCAUCCUUCGCCU seq 626 idid no: no: EAM250 Oligo /5AmMC6/GTCTGTCAATTCATAGGTCAT seq 345AUGACCUAUGAAUUGACAGAC seq 627 id id no: no: EAM252 Oligo/5AmMC6/ATCCAATCAGTTCCTGATGCAGTA seq 346 UACUGCAUCAGGAACUGAUUGGAU seq628 id id no: no: EAM305 Oligo /5AmMC6/GTCATCATTACCAGGCAGTATTA seq 347UAAUACUGCCUGGUAAUGAUGAC seq 629 id id no: no: EAM303 Oligo/5AmMC6/AACCAATGTGCAGACTACTGTA seq 348 UACAGUAGUCUGCACAUUGGUU seq 630 idid no: no: EAM300 Oligo /5AmMC6/GCTGGGTGGAGAAGGTGGTGAA seq 349UUCACCACCUUCUCCACCCAGC seq 631 id id no: no: EAM299 Oligo/5AmMC6/GCCAATATTTCTGTGCTGCTA seq 350 UAGCAGCACAGAAAUAUUGGC seq 632 idid no: no: EAM298 Oligo /5AmMC6/TCCACATGGAGTTGCTGTTACA seq 351UGUAACAGCAACUCCAUGUGGA seq 633 id id no: no: EAM296 Oligo/5AmMC6/AGCTGCTTTTGGGATTCCGTTG seq 352 CAACGGAAUCCCAAAAGCAGCU seq 634 idid no: no: EAM295 Oligo /5AmMC6/ACCTAATATATCAAACATATCA seq 353UGAUAUGUUUGAUAUAUUAGGU seq 635 id id no: no: EAM292 Oligo/5AmMC6/AAGCCCAAAAGGAGAATTCTTTG seq 354 CAAAGAAUUCUCCUUUUGGGCUU seq 636id id no: no: EAM112 Oligo /5AmMC6/TAACTGTAGAAAGTACTACCTCA seq 355TGAGGTAGTACTTTCTACAGTTA seq 637 id id no: no: EAM116 Oligo/5AmMC6/CGCCAATATTAAGGTGCTGCTA seq 356 TAGCAGCACCTTAATATTGGCG seq 638 idid no: no: EAM120 Oligo /5AmMC6/AACACTGATTTGAAAAGGTGCTA seq 357TAGCACCTTTTCAAATCAGTGTT seq 639 id id no: no: EAM122 Oligo/5AmMC6/CACAAGATGGGATGTACGGGT seq 358 ACCCGTACATCCCATCTTGTG seq 640 idid no: no: EAM132 Oligo /5AmMC6/ACAGGCCGGGAGAAGAGCAATAT seq 359ATATTGCTCTTCTCCCGGCCTGT seq 641 id id no: no: EAM140 Oligo/5AmMC6/TAACCCATGGAAATGAGTTCTCA seq 360 TGAGAACTCATTTCCATGGGTTA seq 642id id no: no: EAM282 Oligo /5AmMC6/GAACAGGTAGTCTAAACACTGGG seq 361CCCAGUGUUUAGACUACCUGUUC seq 643 id id no: no: EAM281 Oligo/5AmMC6/atccagtcagttcctgatgcagta seq 362 UACUGCAUCAGGAACUGACUGGAU seq644 id id no: no: EAM280 Oligo /5AmMC6/GCTGCAAACATCCGACTGAAAG seq 363CUUUCAGUCGGAUGUUUGCAGC seq 645 id id no: no: EAM279 Oligo/5AmMC6/TAACCGATTTCAAATGGTGCTA seq 364 UAGCACCAUUUGAAAUCGGUUA seq 646 idid no: no: EAM278 Oligo /5AmMC6/AACAATACAACTTACTACCTCA seq 365UGAGGUAGUAAGUUGUAUUGUU seq 647 id id no: no: EAM277 Oligo/5AmMC6/GCAAAAATGTGCTAGTGCCAAA seq 366 UUUGGCACUAGCACAUUUUUGCU seq 648id id no: no: EAM276 Oligo /5AmMC6/TCATACAGCTAGATAACCAAAGA seq 367UCUUUGGUUAUCUAGCUGUAUGA seq 649 id id no: no: EAM272 Oligo/5AmMC6/CTTCCAGTCGGGGATGTTTACA seq 368 UGUAAACAUCCCCGACUGGAAG seq 650 idid no: no: EAM271 Oligo /5AmMC6/GCTGAGAGTGTAGGATGTTTACA seq 369UGUAAACAUCCUACACUCUCAGC seq 651 id id no: no: EAM268 Oligo/5AmMC6/AACCGATTTCAGATGGTGCTAG seq 370 CUAGCACCAUCUGAAAUCGGUU seq 652 idid no: no: EAM264 Oligo /5AmMC6/CAGAACTTAGCCACTGTGAA seq 371UUCACAGUGGCUAAGUUCUG seq 653 id id no: no: EAM263 Oligo/5AmMC6/AGCCTATCCTGGATTACTTGAA seq 372 UUCAAGUAAUCCAGGAUAGGCU seq 654 idid no: no: EAM262 Oligo /5AmMC6/CTGTTCCTGCTGAACTGAGCCA seq 373UGGCUCAGUUCAGCAGGAACAG seq 655 id id no: no: EAM261 Oligo/5AmMC6/GTGGTAATCCCTGGCAATGTGAT seq 374 AUCACAUUGCCAGGGAUUACCAC seq 656id id no: no: EAM260 Oligo /5AmMC6/GGAAATCCCTGGCAATGTGAT seq 375AUCACAUUGCCAGGGAUUUCC seq 657 id id no: no: EAM256 Oligo/5AmMC6/AAAGTGTCAGATACGGTGTGG seq 376 CCACACCGUAUCUGACACUUU seq 658 idid no: no: EAM255 Oligo /5AmMC6/ACAGTTCTTCAACTGGCAGCTT seq 377AAGCUGCCAGUUGAAGAACUGU seq 659 id id no: no: EAM248 Oligo/5AmMC6/GGTACAATCAACGGTCGATGGT seq 378 ACCAUCGACCGUUGAUUGUACC seq 660 idid no: no: EAM244 Oligo /5AmMC6/TCAACATCAGTCTGATAAGCTA seq 379UAGCUUAUCAGACUGAUGUUGA seq 661 id id no: no: EAM240 Oligo/5AmMC6/CTACCTGCACTATAAGCACTTTA seq 380 UAAAGUGCUUAUAGUGCAGGUAG seq 662id id no: no: EAM237 Oligo /5AmMC6/TCAGTTTTGCATGGATTTGCACA seq 381UGUGCAAAUCCAUGCAAAACUGA seq 663 id id no: no: EAM233 Oligo/5AmMC6/CCCAACAACATGAAACTACCTA seq 382 UAGGUAGUUUCAUGUUGUUGG seq 664 idid no: no: EAM232 Oligo /5AmMC6/GGCTGTCAATTCATAGGTCAG seq 383CUGACCUAUGAAUUGACAGCC seq 665 id id no: no: EAM231 Oligo/5AmMC6/CGGCTGCAACACAAGACACGA seq 384 UCGUGUCUUGUGUUGCAGCCGG seq 666 idid no: no: EAM230 Oligo /5AmMC6/CAGTGAATTCTACCAGTGCCATA seq 385UAUGGCACUGGUAGAAUUCACUG seq 667 id id no: no: EAM229 Oligo/5AmMC6/TGTGAGTTCTACCATTGCCAAA seq 386 UUUGGCAAUGGUAGAACUCACA seq 668 idid no: no: EAM228 Oligo /5AmMC6/ACTCACCGACAGGTTGAATGTT seq 387AACAUUCAACCUGUCGGUGAGU seq 669 id id no: no: EAM222 Oligo/5AmMC6/CACAAACCATTATGTGCTGCTA seq 388 UAGCAGCACAUAAUGGUUUGUG seq 670 idid no: no: EAM220 Oligo /5AmMC6/CGAAGGCAACACGGATAACCTA seq 389UAGGUUAUCCGUGUUGCCUUCG seq 671 id id no: no: EAM219 Oligo/5AmMC6/TCACTTTTGTGACTATGCAA seq 390 UUGCAUAGUCACAAAAGUGA seq 672 id idno: no: EAM218 Oligo /5AmMC6/CCAAGTTCTGTCATGCACTGA seq 391UCAGUGCAUGACAGAACUUGG seq 673 id id no: no: EAM217 Oligo/5AmMC6/ACACTGGTACAAGGGTTGGGAGA seq 392 UCUCCCAACCCUUGUACCAGUG seq 674id id no: no: EAM216 Oligo /5AmMC6/GGAGTGAAGACACGGAGCCAGA seq 393UCUGGCUCCGUGUCUUCACUCC seq 675 id id no: no: EAM215 Oligo/5AmMC6/ACAAAGTTCTGTGATGCACTGA seq 394 UCAGUGCAUCACAGAACUUUGU seq 676 idid no: no: EAM214 Oligo /5AmMC6/ACAAAGTTCTGTAGTGCACTGA seq 395UCAGUGCACUACAGAACUUUGU seq 677 id id no: no: EAM212 Oligo/5AmMC6/AAGGGATTCCTGGGAAAACTGGAC seq 396 GUCCAGUUUUCCCAGGAAUCCCUU seq678 id id no: no: EAM211 Oligo /5AmMC6/CTAGTACATCATCTATACTGTA seq 397UACAGUAUAGAUGAUGUACUAG seq 679 id id no: no: EAM210 Oligo/5AmMC6/tgAGCTACAGTGCTTCATCTCA seq 398 UGAGAUGAAGCACUGUAGCUCA seq 680 idid no: no: EAM208 Oligo /5AmMC6/CCATCTTTACCAGACAGTGTT seq 399AACACUGUCUGGUAAAGAUGG seq 681 id id no: no: EAM207 Oligo/5AmMC6/CTACCATAGGGTAAAACCACT seq 400 AGUGGUUUUACCCUAUGGUAG seq 682 idid no: no: EAM206 Oligo /5AmMC6/AGACACGTGCACTGTAGA seq 401UCUACAGUGCACGUGUCU seq 683 id id no: no: EAM205 Oligo/5AmMC6/GATTCACAACACCAGCT seq 402 AGCUGGUGUUGUGAAUC seq 684 id id no:no: EAM203 Oligo /5AmMC6/TTCACATAGGAATAAAAAGCCATA seq 403UAUGGCUUUUUAUUCCUAUGUGA seq 685 id id no: no: EAM200 Oligo/5AmMC6/ACAGCTGGTTGAAGGGGACCAA seq 404 UUGGUCCCCUUCAACCAGCUGU seq 686 idid no: no: EAM195 Oligo /5AmMC6/GAAAGAGACCGGTTCACTGTGA seq 405UCACAGUGAACCGGUCUCUUUC seq 687 id id no: no: EAM194 Oligo/5AmMC6/AAAAGAGACCGGTTCACTGTGA seq 406 UCACAGUGAACCGGUCUCUUUU seq 688 idid no: no: EAM193 Oligo /5AmMC6/CACAGGTTAAAGGGTCTCAGGGA seq 407UCCCUGAGACCCUUUAACCUGUG seq 689 id id no: no: EAM190 Oligo/5AmMC6/ACAAATTCGGTTCTACAGGGTA seq 408 UACCCUGUAGAACCGAAUUUGU seq 690 idid no: no: EAM187 Oligo /5AmMC6/TGATAGCCCTGTACAATGCTGCT seq 409AGCAGCAUUGUACAGGGCUAUCA seq 691 id id no: no: EAM185 Oligo/5AmMC6/TCATAGCCCTGTACAATGCTGCT seq 410 AGCAGCAUUGUACAGGGCUAUGA seq 692id id no: no: EAM181 Oligo /5AmMC6/AACTATACAATCTACTACCTCA seq 411UGAGGUAGUAGAUUGUAUAGUU seq 693 id id no: no: EAM179 Oligo/5AmMC6/ACTATGCAACCTACTACCTCT seq 412 AGAGGUAGUAGGUUGCAUAGU seq 694 idid no: no: EAM177 Oligo /5AmMC6/TTCAGCTATCACAGTACTGTA seq 413UACAGUACUGUGAUAGCUGAAG seq 695 id id no: no: EAM175 Oligo/5AmMC6/TCGCCCTCTCAACCCAGCTTTT seq 414 AAAAGCUGGGUUGAGAGGGCGAA seq 696id id no: no: EAM168 Oligo /5AmMC6/CTATACAACCTCCTACCTCA seq 415UGAGGUAGGAGGUUGUAUAGU seq 697 id id no: no: EAM161 Oligo/5AmMC6/CTCAATAGACTGTGAGCTCCTT seq 416 AAGGAGCUCACAGUCUAUUGAG seq 698 idid no: no: EAM160 Oligo /5AmMC6/AACCTATCCTGAATTACTTGAA seq 417UUCAAGUAAUUCAGGAUAGGUU seq 699 id id no: no: EAM155 Oligo/5AmMC6/TCCATCATCAAAACAAATGGAGT seq 418 ACUCCAUUUGUUUUGAUGAUGGA seq 700id id no: no: EAM153 Oligo /5AmMC6/AACTATACAACCTACTACCTCA seq 419UGAGGUAGUAGGUUGUAUAGUU seq 701 id id no: no: EAM147 Oligo/5AmMC6/AACCACACAACCTACTACCTCA seq 420 UGAGGUAGUAGGUUGUGUGGUU seq 702 idid no: no: EAM137 Oligo /5AmMC6/CCGACCATGGCTGTAGACTGTTA seq 421UAACAGUCUACAGCCAUGGUCG seq 703 id id no: no: EAM133 Oligo/5AmMC6/ACACCAATGCCCTAGGGGATGCG seq 422 CGCAUCCCCUAGGGCAUUGGUGU seq 704id id no: no: EAM311 Oligo /5AmMC6/CTTCAGTTATCACAGTACTGTA seq 423UACAGUACUGUGAUAACUGAAG seq 705 id id no: no: EAM312 Oligo/5AmMC6/ACAGGAGTCTGAGCATTTGA seq 424 UCAAAUGCUCAGACUCCUGU seq 706 id idno: no: EAM313 Oligo /5AmMC6/ATCTGCACTGTCAGCACTTTA seq 425UAAAGUGCUGACAGUGCAGAU seq 707 id id no: no: EAM314 Oligo/5AmMC6/GCATTATTACTCACGGTACGA seq 426 UCGUACCGUGAGUAAUAAUGC seq 708 idid no: no: EAM315 Oligo /5AmMC6/AGCCAAGCTCAGACGGATCCGA seq 427UCGGAUCCGUCUGAGCUUGGCU seq 709 id id no: no: EAM316 Oligo/5AmMC6/GCAGAAGCATTTCCACACAC seq 428 GUGUGUGGAAAUGCUUCUGC seq 710 id idno: no: EAM317 Oligo /5AmMC6/CCCCTATCACGATTAGCATTAA seq 429UUAAUGCUAAUCGUGAUAGGGG seq 711 id id no: no: EAM318 Oligo/5AmMC6/ACAAGTGCCTTCACTGCAGT seq 430 ACUGCAGUGAAGGCACUUGU seq 712 id idno: no: EAM319 Oligo /5AmMC6/TAGTTGGCAAGTCTAGAACCA seq 431UGGUUCUAGACUUGCCAACUA seq 713 id id no: no: EAM320 Oligo/5AmMC6/ACTGATATCAGCTCAGTAGGCAC seq 432 GUGCCUACUGAGCUGAUAUCAGU seq 714id id no: no: EAM321 Oligo /5AmMC6/CATCATTACCAGGCAGTATTAGA seq 433CUCUAAUACUGCCUGGUAAUGAUG seq 715 id id no: no: EAM291 Oligo/5AmMC6/GAACTGCCTTTCTCTCCA seq 434 UGGAGAGAAAGGCAGUUC seq 716 id id no:no: EAM290 Oligo /5AmMC6/ACCCTTATCAGTTCTCCGTCCA seq 435UGGACGGAGAACUGAUAAGGGU seq 717 id id no: no: EAM322 Oligo/5AmMC6/TCCATCATTACCCGGCAGTATT seq 436 AAUACUGCCGGGUAAUGAUGGA seq 718 idid no: no: EAM323 Oligo /5AmMC6/TAAACGGAACCACTAGTGACTTG seq 437CAAGUCACUAGUGGUUCCGUUUA seq 719 id id no: no: EAM324 Oligo/5AmMC6/TCAGACCGAGACAAGTGCAATG seq 438 CAUUGCACUUGUCUCGGUCUGA seq 720 idid no: no: EAM325 Oligo /5AmMC6/GGCGGAACTTAGCCACTGTGAA seq 439UUCACAGUGGCUAAGUUCCGCC seq 721 id id no: no: EAM326 Oligo/5AmMC6/ACAGGATTGAGGGGGGGCCCT seq 440 AGGGCCCCCCCUCAAUCCUGU seq 722 idid no: no: EAM327 Oligo /5AmMC6/ATGTATGTGGGACGGTAAACCA seq 441UGGUUUACCGUCCCACAUACAU seq 723 id id no: no: EAM328 Oligo/5AmMC6/GCTTTGACAATACTATTGCACTG seq 442 CAGUGCAAUAGUAUUGUCAAAGC seq 724id id no: no: EAM329 Oligo /5AmMC6/TCACCAAAACATGGAAGCACTTA seq 443UAAGUGCUUCCAUGUUUUGGUGA seq 725 id id no: no: EAM330 Oligo/5AmMC6/GCTTCCAGTCGAGGATGTTTACA seq 444 UGUAAACAUCCUCGACUGGAAGC seq 726id id no: no: EAM331 Oligo /5AmMC6/TCCAGTCAAGGATGTTTACA seq 445UGUAAACAUCCUUGACUGGA seq 727 id id no: no: EAM332 Oligo/5AmMC6/CAGCTATGCCAGCATCTTGCCT seq 446 AGGCAAGAUGCUGGCAUAGCUG seq 728 idid no: no: EAM333 Oligo /5AmMC6/GCAACTTAGTAATGTGCAATA seq 447UAUUGCACAUUACUAAGUUGC seq 729 id id no: no: EAM334 Oligo/5AmMC6/GAACCCACAATCCCTGGCTTA seq 448 UAAGCCAGGGAUUGUGGGUUC seq 730 idid no: no: EAM335 Oligo /5AmMC6/CAATCAGCTAATGACACTGCCT seq 449AGGCAGUGUCAUUAGCUGAUUG seq 731 id id no: no: EAM336 Oligo/5AmMC6/GCAATCAGCTAACTACACTGCCT seq 450 AGGCAGUGUAGUUAGCUGAUUGC seq 732id id no: no: EAM337 Oligo /5AmMC6/CTACCTGCACGAACAGCACTTTG seq 451CAAAGUGCUGUUCGUGCAGGUAG seq 733 id id no: no: EAM338 Oligo/5AmMC6/TGCTCAATAAATACCCGTTGAA seq 452 UUCAACGGGUAUUUAUUGAGCA seq 734 idid no: no: EAM339 Oligo /5AmMC6/CGCTTGGTCGGTTCTTCGGGTG seq 453CACCCGUAGAACCGACCUUGCG seq 735 id id no: no: EAM340 Oligo/5AmMC6/AGAAAGGCAGCAGGTCGTATAG seq 454 CUAUACGACCUGCUGCCUUUCU seq 736 idid no: no: EAM341 Oligo /5AmMC6/TACCTGCACTGTTAGCACTTTG seq 455CAAAGUGCUAACAGUGCAGGUA seq 737 id id no: no: EAM342 Oligo/5AmMC6/CACATAGGAATGAAAAGCCATA seq 456 UAUGGCUUUUCAUUCCUAUGUG seq 738 idid no: no: EAM343 Oligo /5AmMC6/CCTCAAGGAGCCTCAGTCTAGT seq 457ACUAGACUGAGGCUCCUUGAGG seq 739 id id no: no: EAM344 Oligo/5AmMC6/ACAAGTGCCCTCACTGCAGT seq 458 ACUGCAGUGAGGGCACUUGU seq 740 id idno: no: EAM345 Oligo /5AmMC6/TAAACGGAACCACTAGTGACTTA seq 459UAAGUCACUAGUGGUUCCGUUUA seq 741 id id no: no: EAM346 Oligo/5AmMC6/AAAAAGTGCCCCCATAGTTTGAG seq 460 CUCAAACUAUGGGGGCACUUUUU seq 742id id no: no: EAM347 Oligo /5AmMC6/GGCACACAAAGTGGAAGCACTTT seq 461AAAGUGCUUCCACUUUGUGUGCC seq 743 id id no: no: EAM348 Oligo/5AmMC6/AGAGAGGGCCTCCACTTTGATG seq 462 CAUCAAAGUGGAGGCCCUCUCU seq 744 idid no: no: EAM349 Oligo /5AmMC6/ACACTCAAAACCTGGCGGCACTT seq 463AAGUGCCGCCAGGUUUUGAGUGU seq 745 id id no: no: EAM350 Oligo/5AmMC6/CAAAAGAGCCCCCAGTTTGAGT seq 464 ACUCAAACUGGGGGCUCUUUUG seq 746 idid no: no: EAM351 Oligo /5AmMC6/ACACTACAAACTCTGCGGCACT seq 465AGUGCCGCAGAGUUUGUAGUGU seq 747 id id no: no: EAM352 Oligo/5AmMC6/ACACACAAAAGGGAAGCACTTT seq 466 AAAGUGCUUCCCUUUUGUGUGU seq 748 idid no: no: EAM353 Oligo /5AmMC6/AGACTCAAAAGTAGTAGCACTTT seq 467AAAGUGCUACUACUUUUGAGUCU seq 749 id id no: no: EAM354 Oligo/5AmMC6/CATGCACATGCACACATACAT seq 468 AUGUAUGUGUGCAUGUGCAUG seq 750 idid no: no: EAM355 Oligo /5AmMC6/GGAAGAACAGCCCTCCTCTGCC seq 469GGCAGAGGAGGGCUGUUCUUCC seq 751 id id no: no: EAM356 Oligo/5AmMC6/GAAGAGAGCTTGCCCTTGCATA seq 470 UAUGCAAGGGCAAGCUCUCUUC seq 752 idid no: no: EAM357 Oligo /5AmMC6/TGTTGCTGCGCTTCTTGTTT seq 471AAACAUGAAGCGCUGCAACA seq 753 id id no: no: EAM358 Oligo/5AmMC6/AGAGGTCGACCGTGTAATGTGC seq 472 GCACAUUACACGGUCGACCUCU seq 754 idid no: no: EAM359 Oligo /5AmMC6/CCAGCAGCACCTGGGGCAGT seq 473CCACUGCCCCAGGUGCUGCUGG seq 755 id id no: no: EAM360 Oligo/5AmMC6/ACACTTACTGAGCACCTACTAGG seq 474 CCUAGUAGGUGCUCAGUAAGUGU seq 756id id no: no: EAM361 Oligo /5AmMC6/ACTGGAGGAAGGGCCCAGAGG seq 475CCUCUGGGCCCUUCCUCCAGU seq 757 id id no: no: EAM362 Oligo/5AmMC6/ACGGAAGGGCAGAGAGGGCCAG seq 476 CUGGCCCUCUCUGCCCUUCCGU seq 758 idid no: no: EAM363 Oligo /5AmMC6/AAAAAGGTTAGCTGGGTGTGTT seq 477AACACACCCAGCUAACCUUUUU seq 759 id id no: no: EAM364 Oligo/5AmMC6/TCTCTGCTGGCCCTGTGCTTTGC seq 478 GCAAAGCACAGGGCCUGCAGAGA seq 760id id no: no: EAM365 Oligo /5AmMC6/TTCTAGGATAGGCCCAGGGGC seq 479GCCCCUGGGCCUAUCCUAGAA seq 761 id id no: no: EAM366 Oligo/5AmMC6/AAAGGCATCATATAGGAGCTGAA seq 480 UUCAGCUCCUAUAUGAUGCCUUU seq 762id id no: no: EAM367 Oligo /5AmMC6/TCAACAAAATCACTGATGCTGGA seq 481UCCAGCAUCAGUGAUUUUGUUGA seq 763 id id no: no: EAM368 Oligo/5AmMC6/TGAGCTCCTGGAGGACAGGGA seq 482 UCCCUGUCCUCCAGGAGCUCA seq 764 idid no: no: EAM369 Oligo /5AmMC6/GGCTATAAAGTAACTGAGACGGA seq 483UCCGUCUCAGUUACUUUAUAGCC seq 765 id id no: no: EAM370 Oligo/5AmMC6/ACTGACCGACCGACCGATCGA seq 484 UCGAUCGGUCGGUCGGUCAGU seq 766 idid no: no: EAM371 Oligo /5AmMC6/GACGGGTGCGATTTCTGTGTGAGA seq 485UCUCACACAGAAAUCGCACCCGUC seq 767 id id no: no: EAM372 Oligo/5AmMC6/ACAGTCAGGCTTTGGCTAGATCA seq 486 UGAUCUAGCCAAAGCCUGACUGU seq 768id id no: no: EAM373 Oligo /5AmMC6/GCACTGGACTAGGGGTCAGCA seq 487UGCUGACCCCUAGUCCAGUGC seq 769 id id no: no: EAM374 Oligo/5AmMC6/AGAGGCAGGCACTCGGGCAGA seq 488 UGUCUGCCCGAGUGCCUGCCUCU seq 770 idid no: no: EAM375 Oligo /5AmMC6/CAATCAGCTAATTACACTGCCTA seq 489UAGGCAGUGUAAUUAGCUGAUUG seq 771 id id no: no: EAM376 Oligo/5AmMC6/GTGAAAGTGTATGGGCTTTGTG seq 490 UUCACAAAGCCCAUACACUUUCAC seq 772id id no: no: EAM377 Oligo /5AmMC6/CAGGCTCAAAGGGCTCCTCAGG seq 491UCCCUGAGGAGCCCUUUGAGCCUG seq 773 id id no: no: EAM378 Oligo/5AmMC6/AACAAAATCACAAGTCTTCCA seq 492 UGGAAGACUUGUGAUUUUGUU seq 774 idid no: no: EAM379 Oligo /5AmMC6/TTGCTTTTTGGGGTTTGGGCTT seq 493AAGCCCUUACCCCAAAAAGCAU seq 775 id id no: no: EAM380 Oligo/5AmMC6/TGTCCGTGGTTCTTCCCTGTG seq 494 UACCACAGGGUAGAACCACGGACA seq 776id id no: no: EAM381 Oligo /5AmMC6/TACTAGACTGTGAGCTCCTCGA seq 495UCGAGGAGCUCACAGUCUAGUA seq 777 id id no: no: EAM382 Oligo/5AmMC6/TGTAAGTGCTCGTAATGCAGT seq 496 ACUGCAUUACGAGCACUUACA seq 778 idid no: no: EAM383 Oligo /5AmMC6/ACCCTCATGCCCCTCAAGG seq 497CCUUGAGGGGCAUGAGGGU seq 779 id id no: no: EAM384 Oligo/5AmMC6/AAAAGTAACTAGCACACCAC seq 498 GUGGUGUGCUAGUUACUUUU seq 780 id idno: no: EAM385 Oligo /5AmMC6/ACATTTTTCGTTATTGCTCTT seq 499UCAAGAGCAAUAACGAAAAAUGU seq 781 id id no: no: EAM386 Oligo/5AmMC6/AGACTAGATATGGAAGGGTGA seq 500 UCACCCUUCCAUAUCUAGUCU seq 782 idid no: no: EAM387 Oligo /5AmMC6/ACTGGGCACACGGAGGGAGA seq 501UCUCCCUCCGUGUGCCCAGU seq 783 id id no: no: EAM388 Oligo/5AmMC6/ACGGTCAGGCTTTGGCTAGAT seq 502 UGAUCUAGCCAAAGCCUGACCGU seq 784 idid no: no: EAM389 Oligo /5AmMC6/AGAGGCAGGCACTCAGGCAGA seq 503UGUCUGCCUGAGUGCCUGCCUCU seq 785 id id no: no: EAM390 Oligo/5AmMC6/TGGGCGACCCAGAGGGACA seq 504 UGUCCCUCUGGGUCGCCCA seq 786 id idno: no: EAM391 Oligo /5AmMC6/AGAGGTTAAGACAGCAGGGCTG seq 505CAGCCCUGCUGUCUUAACCUCU seq 787 id id no: no: EAM392 Oligo/5AmMC6/TACTATGCAACCTACTACTCT seq 506 AGAGUAGUAGGUUGCAUAGUA seq 788 idid no: no: EAM393 Oligo /5AmMC6/TATGGCAGACTGTGATTTGTTG seq 507CAACAAAUCACAGUCUGCCAUA seq 789 id id no: no: emc139 Oligo/5AmMC6/CGAAATGCGTCTCATACAAAATC seq 508 NA seq 790 id id no: no: EAM289Oligo /5AmMC6/AACAAGCCCAGACCGCAAAAAG seq 509 CUUUUUGCGGUCUGGGCUUGCU seq791 id id no: no: EAM283 Oligo /5AmMC6/AGGCAAAGGATGACAAAGGGAA seq 510UUCCCUUUGUCAUCCUUUGCCU seq 792 id id no: no: PTG20210 Oligo/5AmC12/CATTGAGGCTCGCTGAGAGT seq 511 GTGACTCTCAGCGAGCCTCAATGC seq 793 idid no: no: MRC677 Oligo /5AmC12/GATGAAATCGGCTCCCGCAG- seq 512TGTCTGCGGGAGCCGATTTCATCA seq 794 id id no: no: FVR506 Oligo/5AmC12/TGTATTCCTCGCCTGTCCAG seq 513 TCCCTGGACAGGCGAGGAATACAG seq 795 idid no: no: EAM104 Oligo /5AmMC6/TGGCATTCAGCGGGTGCCTTA seq 514TAAGGCACCCGCTGAATGCCA seq 796 id id no: no: EAM106 Oligo/5AmMC6/TCACAAGTAAGGGTGTCAGGGA seq 515 TCCCTGACACCCTTACTTGTGA seq 797 idid no: no: EAM110 Oligo /5AmMC6/AACAACAAAATGAGTAGTCTTCCA seq 516TGGAAGACTACTCATTTTGTTGTT seq 798 id id no: no: EAM1101 Oligo/5AmMC6/GTGGTAGCGCAGTGCGTAGAA seq 517 TTCTACGCACTGCGCTACCAC seq 799 idid no: no: EAM1102 Oligo /5AmMC6/GGTGATGCCCTGAATGTTGTC seq 518 NA seq800 id id no: no: EAM1103 Oligo /5AmMC6/TGTCATGGATGACCTTGGCCA seq 519 NAseq 801 id id no: no: EAM1104 Oligo /5AmMC6/CTTTTGACATTGAAGGGAGCT seq520 NA seq 802 id id no: no: EAM146 Oligo /5AmMC6/AACCATACAAGCTAGTACCTCAseq 521 TGAGGTACTAGCTTGTATGGTT seq 803 id id no: no: emc130 Oligo/5AmMC6/CTTGTACCAGTTATCTGCAA seq 522 UUGCAGAUAACUGGUACAAG seq 804 id idno: no: emc115 Oligo /5AmMC6/TTGTACGTTTACATGGAGGTC seq 523GACCUCCAUGUAAACGUACAA seq 805 id id no: no: EAM148 Oligo/5AmMC6/AACCACACAAGCTAGTACCTCA seq 524 TGAGGTACTAGCTTGTGTGGTT seq 806 idid no: no: EAM138 Oligo /5AmMC6/CCGACCATGGGTGAAGACTGTTA seq 525TAACAGTCTTCACCCATGGTCGG seq 807 id id no: no: EAM134 Oligo/5AmMC6/ACACCAATGGCGTAGGGGATGCG seq 526 CGCATCCCCTACGCCATTGGTGT seq 808id id no: no: EAM395 Oligo /5AmMC6/CTGACTGACTGACTGACTGACTG seq 527CAGUCAGUCAGUCAGUCAGUCAG seq 809 id id no: no: EAM149I Oligo/5AmMC6/GTCACTATTGTTGAGAACGTTGGCC seq 528 NA seq 810 id id no: no:EAM150I Oligo /5AmMC6/GTCACTATTGTAGAGAAGGTTGGCC seq 529 NA seq 811 id idno: no: EAM399 Oligo /5AmMC6/TTCAATTTCTGCCGCAAAAG seq 530UAUCUUUUGCGGCAGAAAUUGAA seq 812 id id no: no: EAM400 Oligo/5AmMC6/GCTATCTGCTGCAACAGAATTT seq 531 AAAUUCUGUUGCAGCAGAUAGC seq 813 idid no: no: EAM401 Oligo /5AmMC6/GTGTGCTTACACACTTCCCGTTA seq 532UAACGGGAAGUGUGUAAGCACAC seq 814 id id no: no: EAM402 Oligo/5AmMC6/TAGCTGGTTGAAGGGGACCAA seq 533 UUGGUCCCCUUCAACCAGCUA seq 815 idid no: no: EAM403 Oligo /5AmMC6/CCTCAAGGAGCTTCAGTCTAGT seq 534ACUAGACUGAAGCUCCUUGAGG seq 816 id id no: no: EAM404 Oligo/5AmMC6/CCAACAACAGGAAACTACCTA seq 535 UAGGUAGUUUCCUGUUGUUGG seq 817 idid no: no: EAM405 Oligo /5AmMC6/CTACTAAAACATGGAAGCACTTA seq 536UAAGUGCUUCCAUGUUUUAGUAG seq 818 id id no: no: EAM406 Oligo/5AmMC6/AGAAAGCACTTCCATGTTAAAGT seq 537 ACUUUAACAUGGAAGUGCUUUCU seq 819id id no: no: EAM407 Oligo /5AmMC6/CCACTGAAACATGGAAGCACTTA seq 538UAAGUGCUUCCAUGUUUCAGUGG seq 820 id id no: no: EAM408 Oligo/5AmMC6/CAGCAGGTACCCCCATGTTA seq 539 UUUAACAUGGGGGUACCUGCUG seq 821 idid no: no: EAM409 Oligo /5AmMC6/ACACTCAAACATGGAAGCACTTA seq 540UAAGUGCUUCCAUGUUUGAGUGU seq 822 id id no: no: EAM410 Oligo/5AmMC6/ACTTACTGGACACCTACTAGG seq 541 CCUAGUAGGUGUCCAGUAAGU seq 823 idid no: no: EAM411 Oligo /5AmMC6/TCTCTGCTGGCCGTGTGCTT seq 542GCAAAGCACACGGCCUGCAGAGA seq 824 id id no: no: EAM412 Oligo/5AmMC6/AAAGGCATCATATAGGAGCTGGA seq 543 UCCAGCUCCUAUAUGAUGCCUUU seq 825id id no: no: EAM413 Oligo /5AmMC6/GCCCTGGACTAGGAGTCAGCA seq 544UGCUGACUCCUAGUCCAGGGC seq 826 id id no: no: EAM414 Oligo/5AmMC6/AGAGGCAGGCATGCGGGCAG seq 545 UGUCUGCCCGCAUGCCUGCCUCU seq 827 idid no: no: EAM415 Oligo /5AmMC6/TCACCATTGCTAAAGTGCAATT seq 546AAUUGCACUUUAGCAAUGGUGA seq 828 id id no: no: EAM416 Oligo/5AmMC6/AAACGTGGAATTTCCTCTATGT seq 547 ACAUAGAGGAAAUUCCACGUUU seq 829 idid no: no: EAM417 Oligo /5AmMC6/AAAGATCAACCATGTATTATT seq 548AAUAAUACAUGGUUGAUCUUU seq 830 id id no: no: EAM418 Oligo/5AmMC6/CCAGGTTCCACCCCAGCAGG seq 549 GCCUGCUGGGGUGGAACCUGG seq 831 id idno: no: EAM419 Oligo /5AmMC6/ACACTCAAAAGATGGCGGCA seq 550GUGCCGCCAUCUUUUGAGUGU seq 832 id id no: no: EAM420 Oligo/5AmMC6/ACGCTCAAATGTCGCAGCAC seq 551 AAAGUGCUGCGACAUUUGAGCGU seq 833 idid no: no: EAM421 Oligo /5AmMC6/ACACCCCAAAATCGAAGCAC seq 552GAAGUGCUUCGAUUUUGGGGUGU seq 834 id id no: no: EAM422 Oligo/5AmMC6/GGAAAGCGCCCCCATTTTGA seq 553 ACUCAAAAUGGGGGCGCUUUCC seq 835 idid no: no: EAM423 Oligo /5AmMC6/CACTTATCAGGTTGTATTATAA seq 554UUAUAAUACAACCUGAUAAGUG seq 836 id id no: no: EAM424 Oligo/5AmMC6/TAGCTGGTTGAAGGGGACCA seq 555 UUGGUCCCCUUCAACCAGCUA seq 837 id idno: no: EAM425 Oligo /5AmMC6/CCAACAACAGGAAACTACCTA seq 556UAGGUAGUUUCCUGUUGUUGG seq 838 id id no: no: EAM426 Oligo/5AmMC6/GTCTGTCAAATCATAGGTCAT seq 557 AUGACCUAUGAUUUGACAGAC seq 839 idid no: no: EAM427 Oligo /5AmMC6/GGGGTTCACCGAGCAACATTC seq 558GAAUGUUGCUCGGUGAACCCCUU seq 840 id id no: no: EAM428 Oligo/5AmMC6/CAGGCCATCTGTGTTATATT seq 559 AAUAUAACACAGAUGGCCUGUU seq 841 idid no: no: EAM429 Oligo /5AmMC6/AGTGGATGTTCCTCTATGAT seq 560AUCAUAGAGGAACAUCCACUUU seq 842 id id no: no: EAM430 Oligo/5AmMC6/CGTGGATTTTCCTCTACGAT seq 561 AUCGUAGAGGAAAAUCCACGUU seq 843 idid no: no: EAM431 Oligo /5AmMC6/GAGGGTTAGTGGACCGTGTT seq 562AACACGGUCCACUAACCCUCAGU seq 844 id id no: no: EAM432 Oligo/5AmMC6/GATGTGGACCATACTACATA seq 563 UAUGUAGUAUGGUCCACAUCUU seq 845 idid no: no: EAM433 Oligo /5AmMC6/GGCTAGTGGACCAGGTGAAG seq 564CUUCACCUGGUCCACUAGCCGU seq 846 id id no: no: EAM396 Oligo/5AmMC6/AGCACGTCACTTCCACTAAGA seq 565 UCUUAGUGGAAGUGACGUGCU seq 847 idid no: no: EAM397 Oligo /5AmMC6/GCAAGGGCGAATGCAGAAAA seq 566UAUUUUCUGCAUUCGCCCUUGC seq 848 id id no: no: EAM398 Oligo/5AmMC6/AACTCCGGGGCTGATCAGGT seq 567 UAACCUGAUCAGCCCCGGAGUU seq 849 idid no: no: Table 10b Set Set No. No. Probe ID Human Mouse Rat OtherControl (V1) (V2) Usage EAM103 hsa- mmu- rno- 1 1 Used miR- miR- miR-124a 124a 124a EAM105 hsa- mmu- rno- 1 1 Used miR- miR- miR- 125b 125b125b EAM109 hsa- mmu- rno- 1 1 Used miR-7 miR-7 miR-7 EAM111 hsa-let-mmu- 1 1 Used 7g let-7g EAM115 hsa- mmu- rno- 1 1 Used miR-16 miR- miR-16 16 EAM119 hsa- mmu- rno- 1 1 Used miR- miR- miR- 29b 29b 29b EAM121hsa- mmu- rno- 1 1 Used miR- miR- miR- 99a 99a 99a EAM131 hsa- mmu- rno-1 1 Used miR-92 miR- miR- 92 92 EAM139 hsa- mmu- rno- 1 1 Used miR- miR-miR- 146 146 146 EAM145 hsa-let- mmu- rno- 1 1 Used 7c let-7c let- 7cEAM152 hsa- mmu- 1 1 Used miR-9* miR- 9* EAM238 hsa- mmu- 1 1 Used miR-1miR-1 EAM270 hsa- mmu- rno- 1 1 Used miR- miR- miR- 30b 30b 30b EAM159hsa- mmu- rno- 1 1 Used miR- miR- miR- 130a 130a 130a EAM163 hsa- mmu-rno- 1 1 Used miR- miR- miR- 142-3p 142- 142- 3p 3p EAM171 hsa- mmu-rno- 1 1 Used miR- miR- miR- 137 137 137 EAM183 hsa-let- mmu- rno- 1 1Used 7i let-7i let-7i EAM184 hsa- mmu- rno- 1 1 Used miR- miR- miR- 100100 100 EAM186 hsa- 1 1 Used miR- 106a EAM189 hsa- mmu- rno- 1 1 UsedmiR- miR- miR- 10a 10a 10a EAM191 hsa- mmu- rno- 1 1 Used miR- miR- miR-122a 122a 122a EAM192 hsa- mmu- rno- 1 1 Used miR- miR- miR- 126* 126*126* EAM198 hsa- mmu- rno- 1 1 Used miR- miR- miR- 130b 130b 130b EAM202hsa- mmu- rno- 1 1 Used miR- miR- miR- 134 134 134 EAM209 hsa- mmu- rno-1 1 Used miR- miR- miR- 142-5p 142- 142- 5p 5p EAM221 mmu- 1 1 Used miR-155 EAM223 hsa- mmu- rno- 1 1 Used miR- miR- miR- 15b 15b 15b EAM224hsa- mmu- rno- 1 1 Used miR-17- miR- miR- 5p 17-5p 17 EAM225 hsa- mmu-rno- 1 1 Used miR-18 miR- miR- 18 18 EAM226 hsa- mmu- rno- 1 1 Used miR-miR- miR- 181a 181a 181a EAM227 hsa- mmu- rno- 1 1 Used miR- miR- miR-181b 181b 181b EAM234 hsa- mmu- rno- 1 1 Used miR- miR- miR- 199a 199a199a EAM235 hsa- 1 1 Used miR- 199b EAM236 hsa- mmu- rno- 1 1 Used miR-miR- miR- 19a 19a 19a EAM241 hsa- mmu- rno- 1 1 Used miR- miR- miR- 203203 203 EAM242 hsa- mmu- rno- 1 1 Used miR- miR- miR- 204 204 204 EAM243hsa- mmu- rno- 1 1 Used miR- miR- miR- 205 205 205 EAM245 hsa- mmu- rno-1 1 Used miR- miR- miR- 210 210 210 EAM249 hsa- mmu- rno- 1 1 Used miR-miR- miR- 214 214 214 EAM254 hsa- mmu- rno- 1 3 Used miR- miR- miR- 219219 219 EAM257 hsa- mmu- rno- 1 3 Used miR- miR- miR- 221 221 221 EAM258hsa- mmu- rno- 1 3 Used miR- miR- miR- 222 222 222 EAM259 hsa- mmu- rno-1 3 Used miR- miR- miR- 223 223 223 EAM273 hsa- mmu- rno- 1 3 UsedmiR-33 miR- miR- 33 33 EAM288 mmu- 1 3 Used miR- 10b EAM293 hsa- mmu- 13 Used miR- miR- 188 188 EAM297 hsa- mmu- rno- 1 3 Used miR- miR- miR-193 193 193 EAM301 hsa- 1 3 Used miR- 198 EAM304 hsa- mmu- rno- 1 2 UsedmiR- miR- miR- 200a 200a 200a EAM306 mmu- 1 1 Used miR- 201 EAM307 mmu-1 1 Used miR- 202 EAM308 hsa- mmu- rno- 1 1 Used miR- miR- miR- 206 206206 EAM309 mmu- 1 1 Used miR- 207 EAM310 hsa- mmu- rno- 1 1 Used miR-miR- miR- 208 208 208 EAM247 hsa- mmu- rno- 1 1 Used miR- miR- miR- 212212 212 EAM251 hsa- mmu- rno- 1 1 Used miR- miR- miR- 216 216 216 EAM253hsa- mmu- rno- 1 1 Used miR- miR- miR- 218 218 218 EAM275 hsa- mmu- rno-1 1 Used miR- miR- miR- 34a 34a 34a EAM246 hsa- 1 1 Used miR- 211 EAM250hsa- 1 1 Used miR- 215 EAM252 hsa- 1 1 Used miR- 217 EAM305 mmu- 1 3Used miR- 200b EAM303 hsa- mmu- 1 3 Used miR- miR- 199a* 199a* EAM300hsa- 1 3 Used miR- 197 EAM299 hsa- mmu- rno- 1 3 Used miR- miR- miR- 195195 195 EAM298 hsa- mmu- rno- 1 2 Used miR- miR- miR- 194 194 194 EAM296hsa- mmu- rno- 1 2 Not Used, miR- miR- miR- high 191 191 191 backgroundEAM295 hsa- mmu- rno- 1 2 Used miR- miR- miR- 190 190 190 EAM292 hsa-mmu- rno- 1 2 Used miR- miR- miR- 186 186 186 EAM112 Yes, 1 1 Not Used,Mismatch control feature EAM116 Yes, 1 1 Not Used, Mismatch controlfeature EAM120 Yes, 1 1 Not Used, Mismatch control feature EAM122 Yes, 11 Not Used, Mismatch control feature EAM132 Yes, 1 1 Not Used, Mismatchcontrol feature EAM140 Yes, 1 1 Not Used, Mismatch control featureEAM282 mmu- 2 1 Used miR- 199b EAM281 mmu- rno- 2 1 Used miR- miR- 217217 EAM280 hsa- mmu- rno- 2 1 Used miR- miR- miR- 30a-3p 30a- 30a- 3p 3pEAM279 hsa- mmu- rno- 2 1 Used miR- miR- miR- 29c 29c 29c EAM278 hsa-mmu- rno- 2 1 Used miR-98 miR- miR- 98 98 EAM277 hsa- mmu- rno- 2 3 UsedmiR-96 miR- miR- 96 96 EAM276 hsa- mmu- rno- 2 3 Used miR-9 miR-9 miR-9EAM272 hsa- mmu- rno- 2 3 Used miR- miR- miR- 30d 30d 30d EAM271 hsa-mmu- rno- 2 3 Used miR- miR- miR- 30c 30c 30c EAM268 hsa- mmu- rno- 2 3Used miR- miR- miR- 29a 29a 29a EAM264 hsa- mmu- rno- 2 3 Used miR- miR-miR- 27b 27b 27b EAM263 hsa- mmu- rno- 2 3 Used miR- miR- miR- 26a 26a26a EAM262 hsa- mmu- rno- 2 3 Used miR-24 miR- miR- 24 24 EAM261 hsa-mmu- rno- 2 3 Used miR- miR- miR- 23b 23b 23b EAM260 hsa- mmu- rno- 2 3Used miR- miR- miR- 23a 23a 23a EAM256 hsa- 2 3 Used miR- 220 EAM255hsa- mmu- rno- 2 3 Used miR-22 miR- miR- 22 22 EAM248 hsa- mmu- rno- 2 3Used miR- miR- miR- 213 213 213 EAM244 hsa- mmu- rno- 2 3 Used miR-21miR- miR- 21 21 EAM240 hsa- mmu- rno- 2 3 Used miR-20 miR- miR- 20 20EAM237 hsa- mmu- rno- 2 3 Used miR- miR- miR- 19b 19b 19b EAM233 hsa-mmu- rno- 2 3 Used miR- miR- miR- 196a 196a 196a EAM232 hsa- mmu- rno- 23 Used miR- miR- miR- 192 192 192 EAM231 hsa- mmu- rno- 2 3 Used miR-miR- miR- 187 187 187 EAM230 hsa- mmu- rno- 2 3 Used miR- miR- miR- 183183 183 EAM229 hsa- mmu- 2 3 Used miR- miR- 182 182 EAM228 hsa- mmu-rno- 2 1 Used miR- miR- miR- 181c 181c 181c EAM222 hsa- mmu- 2 1 UsedmiR- miR- 15a 15a EAM220 hsa- mmu- rno- 2 3 Used miR- miR- miR- 154 154154 EAM219 hsa- mmu- rno- 2 3 Used miR- miR- miR- 153 153 153 EAM218hsa- mmu- rno- 2 3 Used miR- miR- miR- 152 152 152 EAM217 hsa- mmu- rno-2 3 Used miR- miR- miR- 150 150 150 EAM216 hsa- mmu- 2 3 Used miR- miR-149 149 EAM215 hsa- mmu- rno- 2 3 Used miR- miR- miR- 148b 148b 148bEAM214 hsa- mmu- 2 3 Used miR- miR- 148a 148a EAM212 hsa- mmu- rno- 2 3Used miR- miR- miR- 145 145 145 EAM211 hsa- mmu- rno- 2 3 Used miR- miR-miR- 144 144 144 EAM210 hsa- mmu- rno- 2 3 Used miR- miR- miR- 143 143143 EAM208 hsa- mmu- rno- 2 3 Used miR- miR- miR- 141 141 141 EAM207hsa- mmu- rno- 2 3 Used miR- miR- miR- 140 140 140 EAM206 hsa- mmu- rno-2 3 Used miR- miR- miR- 139 139 139 EAM205 hsa- mmu- rno- 2 3 Used miR-miR- miR- 138 138 138 EAM203 hsa- mmu- rno- 2 3 Used miR- miR- miR- 135a135a 135a EAM200 hsa- mmu- rno- 2 3 Used miR- miR- miR- 133a 133a 133aEAM195 hsa- mmu- rno- 2 3 Used miR- miR- miR- 128b 128b 128b EAM194 hsa-mmu- rno- 2 3 Used miR- miR- miR- 128a 128a 128a EAM193 hsa- mmu- rno- 21 Used miR- miR- miR- 125a 125a 125a EAM190 hsa- rno- 2 1 Used miR- miR-10b 10b EAM187 hsa- mmu- rno- 2 1 Used miR- miR- miR- 107 107 107 EAM185hsa- mmu- rno- 2 1 Used miR- miR- miR- 103 103 103 EAM181 hsa-let- mmu-rno- 2 1 Used 7f let-7f let-7f EAM179 hsa-let- mmu- rno- 2 1 Used 7dlet-7d let- 7d EAM177 mmu- rno- 2 1 Used miR- miR- 101b 101b EAM175 hsa-mmu- rno- 2 1 Used miR- miR- miR- 320 320 320 EAM168 hsa-let- mmu- rno-2 1 Used 7e let-7e let- 7e EAM161 hsa- mmu- rno- 2 1 Used miR-28 miR-miR- 28 28 EAM160 hsa- mmu- rno- 2 1 Used miR- miR- miR- 26b 26b 26bEAM155 hsa- mmu- rno- 2 1 Used miR- miR- miR- 136 136 136 EAM153hsa-let- mmu- rno- 2 1 Used 7a let-7a let- 7a EAM147 hsa-let- mmu- rno-2 1 Used 7b let-7b let- 7b EAM137 hsa- mmu- rno- 2 1 Used miR- miR- miR-132 132 132 EAM133 hsa- mmu- rno- 2 1 Used miR- miR- miR- 324-5p 324-324- 5p 5p EAM311 hsa- mmu- rno- 2 2 Used miR- miR- miR- 101 101 101EAM312 hsa- 2 2 Used miR- 105 EAM313 hsa- mmu- rno- 2 2 Used miR- miR-miR- 106b 106b 106b EAM314 hsa- mmu- rno- 2 2 Used miR- miR- miR- 126126 126 EAM315 hsa- mmu- rno- 2 2 Used miR- miR- miR- 127 127 127 EAM316hsa- 2 2 Used miR- 147 EAM317 hsa- 2 2 Used miR- 155 EAM318 hsa- 2 2Used miR-17- 3p EAM319 hsa- 2 2 Used miR- 182* EAM320 hsa- mmu- 2 2 UsedmiR- miR- 189 189 EAM321 hsa- rno- 2 2 Used miR- miR- 200b 200b EAM291hsa- mmu- rno- 2 2 Used miR- miR- miR- 185 185 185 EAM290 hsa- mmu- rno-2 2 Used miR- miR- miR- 184 184 184 EAM322 hsa- mmu- rno- 3 2 Used miR-miR- miR- 200c 200c 200c EAM323 hsa- 3 2 Used miR- 224 EAM324 hsa- mmu-rno- 3 2 Used miR-25 miR- miR- 25 25 EAM325 hsa- mmu- rno- 3 2 Used miR-miR- miR- 27a 27a 27a EAM326 hsa- mmu- rno- 3 2 Used miR- miR- miR- 296296 296 EAM327 hsa- mmu- rno- 3 2 Used miR- miR- miR- 299 299 299 EAM328hsa- mmu- rno- 3 2 Used miR- miR- miR- 301 301 301 EAM329 hsa- mmu- 3 2Used miR- miR- 302a 302 EAM330 hsa- mmu- rno- 3 2 Used miR- miR- miR-30a-5p 30a- 30a- 5p 5p EAM331 hsa- mmu- rno- 3 2 Used miR- miR- miR- 30e30e 30e EAM332 hsa- mmu- rno- 3 2 Used miR-31 miR- miR- 31 31 EAM333hsa- mmu- rno- 3 2 Used miR-32 miR- miR- 32 32 EAM334 OLD_miR-321, 3 2Used ARG_tRNA_FRAGMENT EAM335 hsa- 3 2 Used miR- 34b EAM336 hsa- mmu-rno- 3 2 Used miR- miR- miR- 34c 34c 34c EAM337 hsa- mmu- rno- 3 2 UsedmiR-93 miR- miR- 93 93 EAM338 hsa- 3 2 Used miR-95 EAM339 hsa- mmu- rno-3 2 Used miR- miR- miR- 99b 99b 99b EAM340 mmu- rno- 3 2 Used let-7d*let- 7d* EAM341 mmu- 3 2 Used miR- 106a EAM342 hsa- mmu- rno- 3 2 UsedmiR- miR- miR- 135b 135b 135b EAM343 mmu- rno- 3 2 Used miR- miR- 151151 EAM344 mmu- 3 2 Used miR- 17-3p EAM345 mmu- 3 2 Used miR- 224 EAM346mmu- rno- 3 2 Used miR- miR- 290 290 EAM347 mmu- rno- 3 2 Used miR- miR-291- 291- 3p 3p EAM348 mmu- rno- 3 2 Used miR- miR- 291- 291- 5p 5pEAM349 mmu- rno- 3 2 Used miR- miR- 292- 292- 3p 3p EAM350 mmu- rno- 3 2Used miR- miR- 292- 292- 5p 5p EAM351 mmu- 3 2 Used miR- 293 EAM352 mmu-3 2 Used miR- 294 EAM353 mmu- 3 2 Used miR- 295 EAM354 mmu- 3 2 UsedmiR- 297 EAM355 mmu- rno- 3 2 Used miR- miR- 298 298 EAM356 mmu- rno- 32 Used miR- miR- 300 300 EAM357 mmu- rno- 3 2 Used miR- miR- 322 322EAM358 hsa- mmu- rno- 3 2 Used miR- miR- miR- 323 323 323 EAM359 hsa-mmu- rno- 3 2 Used miR- miR- miR- 324-3p 324- 324- 3p 3p EAM360 mmu-rno- 3 2 Used miR- miR- 325 325 EAM361 hsa- mmu- rno- 3 2 Used miR- miR-miR- 326 326 326 EAM362 hsa- mmu- rno- 3 2 Used miR- miR- miR- 328 328328 EAM363 mmu- rno- 3 2 Used miR- miR- 329 329 EAM364 mmu- rno- 3 2Used miR- miR- 330 330 EAM365 hsa- mmu- rno- 3 2 Used miR- miR- miR- 331331 331 EAM366 mmu- rno- 3 2 Used miR- miR- 337 337 EAM367 hsa- mmu-rno- 3 2 Used miR- miR- miR- 338 338 338 EAM368 hsa- mmu- rno- 3 2 UsedmiR- miR- miR- 339 339 339 EAM369 hsa- mmu- rno- 3 2 Used miR- miR- miR-340 340 340 EAM370 mmu- rno- 3 2 Used miR- miR- 341 341 EAM371 hsa- mmu-rno- 3 2 Used miR- miR- miR- 342 342 342 EAM372 mmu- 3 2 Used miR- 344EAM373 mmu- rno- 3 2 Used miR- miR- 345 345 EAM374 mmu- 3 2 Used miR-346 EAM375 mmu- rno- 3 2 Used miR- miR- 34b 34b EAM376 mmu- rno- 3 2Used miR- miR- 350 350 EAM377 mmu- rno- 3 2 Used miR- miR- 351 351EAM378 mmu- rno- 3 2 Used miR- miR- 7b 7b EAM379 rno- 3 2 Used miR- 129*EAM380 rno- 3 2 Used miR- 140* EAM381 rno- 3 2 Used miR- 151* EAM382rno- 3 2 Used miR- 20* EAM383 rno- 3 2 Used miR- 327 EAM384 rno- 3 2Used miR- 333 EAM385 hsa- mmu- rno- 3 2 Used miR- miR- miR- 335 335 335EAM386 rno- 3 2 Used miR- 336 EAM387 rno- 3 2 Used miR- 343 EAM388 rno-3 2 Used miR- 344 EAM389 rno- 3 2 Used miR- 346 EAM390 rno- 3 2 UsedmiR- 347 EAM391 rno- 3 2 Used miR- 349 EAM392 rno- 3 2 Used miR- 352EAM393 rno- 3 2 Used miR- 7* emc139 Yes, Other 3 Not Not Used, controlUsed feature EAM289 hsa- mmu- rno- 3 1 Used miR- miR- miR- 129 129 129EAM283 mmu- rno- 3 1 Used miR- miR- 211 211 PTG20210 Yes, post- 1, 2, 31, 2, 3 Not Used, control ctrl feature MRC677 Yes, Other 1, 2, 3 1, 2, 3Not Used, control feature FVR506 Yes, post- 1, 2, 3 1, 2, 3 Not Used,control ctrl feature EAM104 Yes, 1, 2, 3 1 Not Used, control Mismatchfeature EAM106 Yes, 1, 2, 3 1 Not Used, control Mismatch feature EAM110Yes, 1, 2, 3 1 Not Used, control Mismatch feature EAM1101 Yes, 1, 2, 3 1Not Used, control Mismatch feature EAM1102 Yes, Other 1, 2, 3 Not NotUsed, control Used feature EAM1103 Yes, Other 1, 2, 3 Not Not Used,control Used feature EAM1104 Yes, Other 1, 2, 3 Not Not Used, controlUsed feature EAM146 Yes, 1, 2, 3 1 Not Used, control Mismatch featureemc130 Yes, Other 1, 2, 3 1, 2, 3 Not Used, control feature emc115 Yes,pre-ctrl 1, 2, 3 1, 2, 3 Not Used, control feature EAM148 Yes, 1, 2, 3 1Not Used, control Mismatch feature EAM138 Yes, 1, 2, 3 1 Not Used,control Mismatch feature EAM134 Yes, 1, 2, 3 1 Not Used, controlMismatch feature EAM395 Yes, pre-ctrl 1, 2, 3 1, 2, 3 Not Used, controlfeature EAM149I Yes, Other 1, 2, 3 Not Not Used, control Used featureEAM150I Yes, Other 1, 2, 3 Not Not Used, control Used feature EAM399ebv-miR-BHRF1-2 Not 3 Used only in ALL study Used EAM400ebv-miR-BHRF1-2* Not 3 Used only in ALL study Used EAM401ebv-miR-BHRF1-3 Not 3 Used only in ALL study Used EAM402 hsa- mmu- Not 3Used only in ALL study miR- miR- Used 133b 133b EAM403 hsa- Not 3 Usedonly in ALL study miR- Used 151 EAM404 hsa- mmu- rno- Not 3 Used only inALL study miR- miR- miR- Used 196b 196b 196b EAM405 hsa- Not 3 Used onlyin ALL study miR- Used 302b EAM406 hsa- Not 3 Used only in ALL studymiR- Used 302b* EAM407 hsa- Not 3 Used only in ALL study miR- Used 302cEAM408 hsa- Not 3 Used only in ALL study miR- Used 302c* EAM409 hsa- Not3 Used only in ALL study miR- Used 302d EAM410 hsa- Not 3 Used only inALL study miR- Used 325 EAM411 hsa- Not 3 Used only in ALL study miR-Used 330 EAM412 hsa- Not 3 Used only in ALL study miR- Used 337 EAM413hsa- Not 3 Used only in ALL study miR- Used 345 EAM414 hsa- Not 3 Usedonly in ALL study miR- Used 346 EAM415 hsa- Not 3 Used only in ALL studymiR- Used 367 EAM416 hsa- Not 3 Used only in ALL study miR- Used 368EAM417 hsa- Not 3 Used only in ALL study miR- Used 369 EAM418 hsa- mmu-Not 3 Used only in ALL study miR- miR- Used 370 370 EAM419 hsa- Not 3Used only in ALL study miR- Used 371 EAM420 hsa- Not 3 Used only in ALLstudy miR- Used 372 EAM421 hsa- Not 3 Used only in ALL study miR- Used373 EAM422 hsa- Not 3 Used only in ALL study miR- Used 373* EAM423 hsa-Not 3 Used only in ALL study miR- Used 374 EAM424 hsa- mmu- Not 3 Usedonly in ALL study miR- miR- Used 133b 133b EAM425 hsa- mmu- rno- Not 3Used only in ALL study miR- miR- miR- Used 196b 196b 196b EAM426 mmu-Not 3 Used only in ALL study miR- Used 215 EAM427 mmu- Not 3 Used onlyin ALL study miR- Used 409 EAM428 mmu- Not 3 Used only in ALL study miR-Used 410 EAM429 mmu- Not 3 Used only in ALL study miR- Used 376b EAM430mmu- Not 3 Used only in ALL study miR- Used 376a EAM431 mmu- Not 3 Usedonly in ALL study miR- Used 411 EAM432 mmu- Not 3 Used only in ALL studymiR- Used 380- 3p EAM433 mmu- Not 3 Used only in ALL study miR- Used 412EAM396 ebv-miR-BART1 Not 3 Used only in ALL study Used EAM397ebv-miR-BART2 Not 3 Used only in ALL study Used EAM398 ebv-miR-BHRF1-1Not 3 Used only in ALL study Used

TABLE 11 Oligonucleotide Sequences for Detection Specificity ExperimentmiRNA or Mutant Name Oligonucleotide Sequence (5′ to 3′) hsa-let-7gCTGGAATTCGCGGTTAAAACTGTACAAACTACTACCTCATTTAGTGAGGAATTCCGT (Seq ID No:850) let-7-mut1CTGGAATTCGCGGTTAAATAACTGTAGAAAGTACTACCTCATTTAGTGAGGAATTCCGT (Seq ID No:851) hsa-let-7cCTGGAATTCGCGGTTAAAAACCATACAACCTACTACCTCATTTAGTGAGGAATTCCGT (Seq ID No:852) let-7-mut2CTGGAATTCGCGGTTAAAAACCATACAAGCTAGTACCTCATTTAGTGAGGAATTCCGT (Seq ID No:853) hsa-let-7bCTGGAATTCGCGGTTAAAAACCACACAACCTACTACCTCATTTAGTGAGGAATTCCGT (Seq ID No:854) let-7-mut3CTGGAATTCGCGGTTAAAAACCACACAAGCTAGTACCTCATTTAGTGAGGAATTCCGT (Seq ID No:855) hsa-let-7aCTGGAATTCGCGGTTAAAAACTATACAACCTACTACCTCATTTAGTGAGGAATTCCGT (Seq ID No:856) hsa-let-7eCTGGAATTCGCGGTTAAAACTATACAACCTCCTACCTCATTTAGTGAGGAATTCCGT (Seq ID No:857) hsa-let-7dCTGGAATTCGCGGTTAAAACTATGCAACCTACTACCTCTTTTAGTGAGGAATTCCGT (Seq ID No:858) hsa-let-7fCTGGAATTCGCGGTTAAAAACTATACAATCTACTACCTCATTTAGTGAGGAATTCCGT (Seq ID No:858) hsa-let-7i CTGGAATTCGCGGTTAAAAGCACAAACTACTACCTCATTTAGTGAGGAATTCCGT(Seq ID No: 860) Alignment of Human let-7 miRNAs and Mutant SequencesUGAGGUAGUAGUUUGUACAGU (Seq ID No: 861) hsa-let-7gUGAGGUAGUACUUUCUACAGUUA (Seq ID No: 862) let-7-mut1UGAGGUAGUAGGUUGUAUGGUU (Seq ID No: 863) hsa-let-7cUGAGGUACUAGCUUGUAUGGUU (Seq ID No: 864) let-7-mut2UGAGGUAGUAGGUUGUGUGGUU (Seq ID No: 865) hsa-let-7bUGAGGUACUAGCUUGUGUGGUU (Seq ID No: 866) let-7-mut3UGAGGUAGUAGGUUGUAUAGUU (Seq ID No: 867) hsa-let-7a UGAGGUAGGAGGUUGUAUAGU(Seq ID No: 868) hsa-let-7e AGAGGUAGUAGGUUGCAUAGU (Seq ID No: 869)hsa-let-7d UGAGGUAGUAGAUUGUAUAGUU (Seq ID No: 870) hsa-let-7fUGAGGUAGUAGUUUGUGCU (Seq ID No: 871) hsa-let-7i

TABLE 13 220 mRNA genes with transcription factor activity annotationChip Probe Set ID Gene Title Hu6800 AB000468_at ring finger protein 4Hu6800 D43642_at transcription factor-like 1 Hu6800 D83784_atpleiomorphic adenoma gene-like 2 Hu6800 D86479_at AE binding protein 1Hu6800 D87673_at heat shock transcription factor 4 Hu6800 J03161_atserum response factor (c-fos serum response element- bindingtranscription factor) Hu6800 J03827_at nuclease sensitive elementbinding protein 1 Hu6800 L02785_at solute carrier family 26, member 3Hu6800 L11672_at zinc finger protein 91 (HPF7, HTF10) Hu6800 L11672_r_atzinc finger protein 91 (HPF7, HTF10) Hu6800 L13203_at forkhead box I1Hu6800 L13740_at nuclear receptor subfamily 4, group A, member 1 Hu6800L17131_rna1_at high mobility group AT-hook 1 Hu6800 L20298_atcore-binding factor, beta subunit Hu6800 L22342_at SP110 nuclear bodyprotein Hu6800 L22454_at nuclear respiratory factor 1 Hu6800 L40904_atperoxisome proliferative activated receptor, gamma Hu6800 M14328_s_atenolase 1, (alpha) Hu6800 M16938_s_at homeo box C6 Hu6800 M19720_rna1_atv-myc myelocytomatosis viral oncogene homolog 1, lung carcinoma derived(avian) Hu6800 M23263_at androgen receptor (dihydrotestosteronereceptor; testicular feminization; spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy;Kennedy disease) Hu6800 M24900_at thyroid hormone receptor, alpha(erythroblastic leukemia viral (v-erb-a) oncogene homolog, avian) ///nuclear receptor subfamily 1, group D, member 1 Hu6800 M25269_at ELK1,member of ETS oncogene family Hu6800 M31627_at X-box binding protein 1Hu6800 M36542_s_at POU domain, class 2, transcription factor 2 Hu6800M38258_at retinoic acid receptor, gamma Hu6800 M64673_at heat shocktranscription factor 1 Hu6800 M65214_s_at transcription factor 3 (E2Aimmunoglobulin enhancer binding factors E12/E47) Hu6800 M68891_at GATAbinding protein 2 Hu6800 M76732_s_at msh homeo box homolog 1(Drosophila) Hu6800 M77698_at YY1 transcription factor Hu6800 M79462_atpromyelocytic leukemia Hu6800 M79463_s_at promyelocytic leukemia Hu6800M93650_at paired box gene 6 (aniridia, keratitis) Hu6800 M95929_atsideroflexin 3 Hu6800 M97676_at msh homeo box homolog 1 (Drosophila)Hu6800 M97935_s_at signal transducer and activator of transcription 1,91 kDa Hu6800 M97936_at signal transducer and activator of transcription1, 91 kDa Hu6800 M99701_at transcription elongation factor A (SII)-like1 Hu6800 S81264_s_at T-box 2 Hu6800 U00968_at sterol regulatory elementbinding transcription factor 1 Hu6800 U11861_at maternal G10 transcriptHu6800 U18018_at ets variant gene 4 (E1A enhancer binding protein, E1AF)Hu6800 U20734_s_at jun B proto-oncogene Hu6800 U28687_at zinc fingerprotein 157 (HZF22) Hu6800 U29175_at SWI/SNF related, matrix associated,actin dependent regulator of chromatin, subfamily a, member 4 Hu6800U35048_at transforming growth factor beta 1 induced transcript 4 Hu6800U36922_at forkhead box O1A (rhabdomyosarcoma) Hu6800 U39840_at forkheadbox A1 Hu6800 U44755_at small nuclear RNA activating complex,polypeptide 2, 45 kDa Hu6800 U51003_s_at distal-less homeo box 2 Hu6800U51127_at interferon regulatory factor 5 Hu6800 U53830_at interferonregulatory factor 7 Hu6800 U58681_at neurogenic differentiation 2 Hu6800U63842_at neurogenin 1 Hu6800 U69126_s_at KH-type splicing regulatoryprotein (FUSE binding protein 2) Hu6800 U72649_at BTG family, member 2Hu6800 U73843_at E74-like factor 3 (ets domain transcription factor,epithelial- specific) Hu6800 U76388_at nuclear receptor subfamily 5,group A, member 1 Hu6800 U81599_at homeo box B13 Hu6800 U81600_at pairedrelated homeobox 2 Hu6800 U82759_at homeo box A9 Hu6800 U85193_atnuclear factor I/B Hu6800 U85658_at transcription factor AP-2 gamma(activating enhancer binding protein 2 gamma) Hu6800 U95040_attripartite motif-containing 28 Hu6800 X03635_at estrogen receptor 1Hu6800 X06614_at retinoic acid receptor, alpha Hu6800 X12794_at nuclearreceptor subfamily 2, group F, member 6 Hu6800 X13293_at v-mybmyeloblastosis viral oncogene homolog (avian)-like 2 Hu6800 X13810_s_atPOU domain, class 2, transcription factor 2 Hu6800 X16316_at vav 1oncogene Hu6800 X16665_at homeo box B2 Hu6800 X16706_at FOS-like antigen2 Hu6800 X17360_rna1_at homeo box D4 Hu6800 X17651_at myogenin (myogenicfactor 4) Hu6800 X51345_at jun B proto-oncogene Hu6800 X52541_at earlygrowth response 1 Hu6800 X55005_rna1_at thyroid hormone receptor, alpha(erythroblastic leukemia viral (v-erb-a) oncogene homolog, avian) Hu6800X55037_s_at GATA binding protein 3 Hu6800 X56681_s_at jun Dproto-oncogene Hu6800 X58072_at GATA binding protein 3 Hu6800X60003_s_at cAMP responsive element binding protein 1 Hu6800X61755_rna1_s_at homeo box C5 Hu6800 X65463_at retinoid X receptor, betaHu6800 X66079_at Spi-B transcription factor (Spi-1/PU.1 related) Hu6800X68688_rna1_s_at zinc finger protein 11b (KOX 2) /// zinc finger protein33a (KOX 31) Hu6800 X69699_at paired box gene 8 Hu6800 X70683_at SRY(sex determining region Y)-box 4 Hu6800 X72632_s_at thyroid hormonereceptor, alpha (erythroblastic leukemia viral (v-erb-a) oncogenehomolog, avian) /// nuclear receptor subfamily 1, group D, member 1Hu6800 X78992_at zinc finger protein 36, C3H type-like 2 Hu6800X85786_at regulatory factor X, 5 (influences HLA class II expression)Hu6800 X90824_s_at upstream transcription factor 2, c-fos interactingHu6800 X93996_rna1_at myeloid/lymphoid or mixed-lineage leukemia(trithorax homolog, Drosophila); translocated to, 7 Hu6800 X96401_at MAXbinding protein Hu6800 X96506_s_at DR1-associated protein 1 (negativecofactor 2 alpha) Hu6800 X99101_at estrogen receptor 2 (ER beta) Hu6800Y08976_at FEV (ETS oncogene family) Hu6800 Z11899_s_at POU domain, class5, transcription factor 1 Hu6800 Z17240_at high-mobility group box 2Hu6800 Z22951_rna1_s_at — Hu6800 Z49825_s_at hepatocyte nuclear factor4, alpha Hu6800 Z50781_at delta sleep inducing peptide, immunoreactorHu6800 Z56281_at interferon regulatory factor 3 Hu35KsubA AA010750_atLAG1 longevity assurance homolog 2 (S. cerevisiae) Hu35KsubA AA036900_atFOS-like antigen 2 Hu35KsubA AA091017_at nuclear factor of activatedT-cells 5, tonicity-responsive Hu35KsubA AA099501_at p66 alpha Hu35KsubAAA127183_s_at serologically defined colon cancer antigen 33 Hu35KsubAAA157520_at signal transducer and activator of transcription 5BHu35KsubA AA287840_at Runt-related transcription factor 2 Hu35KsubAAA328684_at SLC2A4 regulator Hu35KsubA AA347664_at lymphoidenhancer-binding factor 1 Hu35KsubA AA355201_at SRY (sex determiningregion Y)-box 4 Hu35KsubA AA418098_at cAMP responsive element bindingprotein-like 2 Hu35KsubA AA424381_s_at Forkhead box C1 Hu35KsubAAA431268_at — Hu35KsubA AA436315_at forkhead box O3A Hu35KsubAAA456687_at nuclear factor I/A Hu35KsubA AA459542_s_at regulatory factorX-associated ankyrin-containing protein Hu35KsubA AA489299_attranscriptional adaptor 3 (NGG1 homolog, yeast)-like Hu35KsubAAA504413_at Solute carrier family 25, member 29 Hu35KsubA AB002302_atmyeloid/lymphoid or mixed-lineage leukemia 4 Hu35KsubA AB002305_ataryl-hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator 2 Hu35KsubA AB004066_atbasic helix-loop-helix domain containing, class B, 2 Hu35KsubAC02099_s_at methionine sulfoxide reductase B2 Hu35KsubA D45333_atprefoldin 1 Hu35KsubA D61676_at Pre-B-cell leukemia transcription factor1 Hu35KsubA D82636_at CCR4-NOT transcription complex, subunit 7Hu35KsubA H45647_at hairy/enhancer-of-split related with YRPW motif 1Hu35KsubA IKAROS_at zinc finger protein, subfamily 1A, 1 (Ikaros)Hu35KsubA L07592_at peroxisome proliferative activated receptor, deltaHu35KsubA L13203_at forkhead box I1 Hu35KsubA L16794_s_at MADS boxtranscription enhancer factor 2, polypeptide D (myocyte enhancer factor2D) Hu35KsubA L40904_at peroxisome proliferative activated receptor,gamma Hu35KsubA L41067_at nuclear factor of activated T-cells,cytoplasmic, calcineurin- dependent 3 Hu35KsubA M23263_at androgenreceptor (dihydrotestosterone receptor; testicular feminization; spinaland bulbar muscular atrophy; Kennedy disease) Hu35KsubA M62626_s_atT-cell leukemia, homeobox 1 Hu35KsubA M79462_at promyelocytic leukemiaHu35KsubA M92299_s_at homeo box B5 Hu35KsubA M93650_at paired box gene 6(aniridia, keratitis) Hu35KsubA M96577_s_at E2F transcription factor 1Hu35KsubA M97676_at msh homeo box homolog 1 (Drosophila) Hu35KsubAN32724_at high-mobility group 20B Hu35KsubA N83192_at KIAA0669 geneproduct Hu35KsubA RC_AA029288_at zinc finger protein 83 (HPF1) Hu35KsubARC_AA040699_at ELK3, ETS-domain protein (SRF accessory protein 2)Hu35KsubA RC_AA045545_at glucocorticoid modulatory element bindingprotein 2 Hu35KsubA RC_AA055932_at TAF5-like RNA polymerase II,p300/CBP-associated factor (PCAF)-associated factor, 65 kDa Hu35KsubARC_AA065094_at trinucleotide repeat containing 4 Hu35KsubARC_AA069549_at zinc finger protein 37a (KOX 21) Hu35KsubARC_AA114866_s_at homeo box A11 Hu35KsubA RC_AA121121_at Huntingtininteracting protein 2 Hu35KsubA RC_AA135095_at high-mobility group 20BHu35KsubA RC_AA136474_at Meis1, myeloid ecotropic viral integration site1 homolog 2 (mouse) Hu35KsubA RC_AA150205_at Kruppel-like factor 7(ubiquitous) Hu35KsubA RC_AA156112_at Krueppel-related zinc fingerprotein Hu35KsubA RC_AA156359_at TAR DNA binding protein Hu35KsubARC_AA156792_at hairy/enhancer-of-split related with YRPW motif-likeHu35KsubA RC_AA235980_at transcription factor EB Hu35KsubARC_AA252161_at p66 alpha Hu35KsubA RC_AA253429_at zinc finger protein175 Hu35KsubA RC_AA256678_at CCR4-NOT transcription complex, subunit 7Hu35KsubA RC_AA256680_at Nuclear factor I/B Hu35KsubA RC_AA280130_atcheckpoint suppressor 1 Hu35KsubA RC_AA284143_at arginine-glutamic aciddipeptide (RE) repeats Hu35KsubA RC_AA286809_at upstream binding protein1 (LBP-1a) Hu35KsubA RC_AA292717_at forkhead box P1 Hu35KsubARC_AA347288_at growth arrest-specific 7 Hu35KsubA RC_AA379087_s_atapoptosis antagonizing transcription factor Hu35KsubA RC_AA393876_s_atnuclear receptor subfamily 2, group F, member 2 Hu35KsubA RC_AA419547_atE74-like factor 5 (ets domain transcription factor) Hu35KsubARC_AA421050_at zinc finger protein 444 Hu35KsubA RC_AA425309_at Nuclearfactor I/B Hu35KsubA RC_AA428024_at ubinuclein 1 Hu35KsubARC_AA430032_at pituitary tumor-transforming 1 Hu35KsubA RC_AA431399_atarginine-glutamic acid dipeptide (RE) repeats Hu35KsubA RC_AA436608_atSATB family member 2 Hu35KsubA RC_AA443090_s_at interferon regulatoryfactor 7 Hu35KsubA RC_AA443962_at MYST histone acetyltransferase 2Hu35KsubA RC_AA452256_at zinc finger protein 265 Hu35KsubARC_AA456289_at nuclear factor I/A Hu35KsubA RC_AA456677_at zinc fingerprotein, subfamily 1A, 4 (Eos) Hu35KsubA RC_AA464251_at LOC440448Hu35KsubA RC_AA476720_at nuclear factor of activated T-cells,cytoplasmic, calcineurin- dependent 1 Hu35KsubA RC_AA478590_at forkheadbox O3A Hu35KsubA RC_AA478596_at zinc fingers and homeoboxes 2 Hu35KsubARC_AA504110_at v-ets erythroblastosis virus E26 oncogene homolog 1(avian) Hu35KsubA RC_AA504144_at CAMP responsive element binding protein1 Hu35KsubA RC_AA504147_s_at Solute carrier family 25, member 29Hu35KsubA RC_AA609017_s_at forkhead box O1A (rhabdomyosarcoma) Hu35KsubARC_AA621179_at forkhead box J2 Hu35KsubA RC_AA621680_at Kruppel-likefactor 4 (gut) Hu35KsubA RC_D59299_i_at myeloid/lymphoid ormixed-lineage leukemia (trithorax homolog, Drosophila); translocated to,10 Hu35KsubA U09366_at zinc finger protein 133 (clone pHZ-13) Hu35KsubAU17163_at ets variant gene 1 Hu35KsubA U28687_at zinc finger protein 157(HZF22) Hu35KsubA U33749_s_at thyroid transcription factor 1 Hu35KsubAU53831_s_at interferon regulatory factor 7 Hu35KsubA U62392_at zincfinger protein 193 Hu35KsubA U63824_at TEA domain family member 4Hu35KsubA U76388_at nuclear receptor subfamily 5, group A, member 1Hu35KsubA U81600_at paired related homeobox 2 Hu35KsubA U85707_at Meis1,myeloid ecotropic viral integration site 1 homolog (mouse) Hu35KsubAU88047_at AT rich interactive domain 3A (BRIGHT-like) Hu35KsubAU89995_at forkhead box E1 (thyroid transcription factor 2) Hu35KsubAW20276_f_at CG9886-like Hu35KsubA W26259_at forkhead box O3A Hu35KsubAW55861_at Myeloid/lymphoid or mixed-lineage leukemia (trithorax homolog,Drosophila) Hu35KsubA W67850_s_at TGFB-induced factor 2 (TALE familyhomeobox) Hu35KsubA X13403_s_at POU domain, class 2, transcriptionfactor 1 Hu35KsubA X16666_s_at homeo box B1 Hu35KsubA X52402_s_at homeobox C5 Hu35KsubA X52560_s_at CCAAT/enhancer binding protein (C/EBP),beta Hu35KsubA X58431_rna2_s_at homeo box B6 Hu35KsubA X68688_rna1_s_atzinc finger protein 11b (KOX 2) /// zinc finger protein 33a (KOX 31)Hu35KsubA X70683_at SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 4 Hu35KsubAX99101_at estrogen receptor 2 (ER beta) Hu35KsubA X99350_rna1_atforkhead box J1 Hu35KsubA Y10746_at methyl-CpG binding domain protein 1Hu35KsubA Z14077_s_at YY1 transcription factor

TABLE 14 Number of Training Samples Used to Build the Normal/TumorClassifier Tissue Number of Normal Number of Tumor Colon 5 10 Kidney 3 5Prostate 8 6 Uterus 9 10 Lung 4 6 Breast 3 6

TABLE 15 Normal/Tumor Makers Selected On the Training Set Bonferroni-Variance- corrected thresholded Probe Description p-value t-test scoreEAM159 hmr_miR-130a 0 10.984 EAM331 hmr_miR-30e 0 10.756 EAM311hmr_miR-101 0 10.392 EAM299 hmr_miR-195 0 9.957 EAM314 hmr_miR-126 09.498 EAM300 h_miR-197 0 8.762 EAM181 hmr_let-7f 0 8.299 EAM380r_miR-140* 0 8.238 EAM111 hm_let-7g 0 8.235 EAM381 r_miR-151* 0 8.198EAM218 hmr_miR-152 0 8.180 EAM183 hmr_let-7i 0 8.098 EAM253 hmr_miR-2180 8.077 EAM155 hmr_miR-136 0 8.058 EAM192 hmr_miR-126* 0 7.991 EAM222hm_miR-15a 0 7.970 EAM161 hmr_miR-28 0 7.949 EAM184 hmr_miR-100 0 7.894EAM271 hmr_miR-30c 0 7.848 EAM270 hmr_miR-30b 0 7.731 EAM303hm_miR-199a* 0 7.519 EAM121 hmr_miR-99a 0 7.515 EAM392 r_miR-352 0 7.476EAM255 hmr_miR-22 0 7.465 EAM249 hmr_miR-214 0 7.338 EAM160 hmr_miR-26b0 7.313 EAM133 hmr_miR-324-5p 0 7.266 EAM238 hm_miR-1 0 7.259 EAM179hmr_let-7d 0 7.235 EAM339 hmr_miR-99b 0 7.225 EAM185 hmr_miR-103 0 7.047EAM168 hmr_let-7e 0 7.034 EAM200 hmr_miR-133a 0 6.959 EAM278 hmr_miR-980 6.952 EAM333 hmr_miR-32 0 6.951 EAM291 hmr_miR-185 0 6.910 EAM187hmr_miR-107 0 6.879 EAM263 hmr_miR-26a 0 6.818 EAM261 hmr_miR-23b 06.814 EAM371 hmr_miR-342 0 6.743 EAM330 hmr_miR-30a-5p 0 6.717 EAM280hmr_miR-30a-3p 0 6.662 EAM233 hmr_miR-196a 0 6.630 EAM292 hmr_miR-186 06.602 EAM115 hmr_miR-16 0 6.558 EAM272 hmr_miR-30d 0 6.516 EAM367hmr_miR-338 0 6.428 EAM379 r_miR-129* 0 6.323 EAM193 hmr_miR-125a 06.222 EAM273 hmr_miR-33 0 6.209 EAM223 hmr_miR-15b 0 6.148 EAM105hmr_miR-125b 0 6.111 EAM385 hmr_miR-335 0 6.011 EAM237 hmr_miR-19b 05.981 EAM320 hm_miR-189 0 5.938 EAM262 hmr_miR-24 0 5.909 EAM240hmr_miR-20 0 5.908 EAM260 hmr_miR-23a 0 5.901 EAM297 hmr_miR-193 0 5.856EAM236 hmr_miR-19a 0 5.789 EAM264 hmr_miR-27b 0 5.780 EAM205 hmr_miR-1380 5.721 EAM234 hmr_miR-199a 0 5.718 EAM207 hmr_miR-140 0 5.561 EAM217hmr_miR-150 0 5.531 EAM235 h_miR-199b 0 5.516 EAM190 hr_miR-10b 0 5.511EAM282 m_miR-199b 0 5.483 EAM335 h_miR-34b 0 5.315 EAM288 m_miR-10b 05.291 EAM275 hmr_miR-34a 0 5.287 EAM195 hmr_miR-128b 0 5.253 EAM328hmr_miR-301 0 5.203 EAM365 hmr_miR-331 0 5.191 EAM131 hmr_miR-92 0 5.155EAM215 hmr_miR-148b 0 5.091 EAM325 hmr_miR-27a 0 5.090 EAM279hmr_miR-29c 0 5.025 EAM369 hmr_miR-340 0 4.959 EAM354 m_miR-297 0 4.953EAM119 hmr_miR-29b 0 4.937 EAM210 hmr_miR-143 0 4.908 EAM361 hmr_miR-3260 4.790 EAM324 hmr_miR-25 0 4.764 EAM226 hmr_miR-181a 0 4.742 EAM343mr_miR-151 0 4.740 EAM228 hmr_miR-181c 0 4.675 EAM366 mr_miR-337 0 4.661EAM349 mr_miR-292-3p 0 4.652 EAM189 hmr_miR-10a 0 4.494 EAM355mr_miR-298 0 4.446 EAM318 h_miR-17-3p 0 4.324 EAM387 r_miR-343 0 4.140EAM363 mr_miR-329 0 4.118 EAM268 hmr_miR-29a 0 4.044 EAM175 hmr_miR-3200 3.875 EAM212 hmr_miR-145 0 3.869 EAM378 mr_miR-7b 0 3.853 EAM281mr_miR-217 0 3.670 EAM307 m_miR-202 0 3.625 EAM209 hmr_miR-142-5p 03.594 EAM163 hmr_miR-142-3p 0 3.545 EAM384 r_miR-333 0 3.410 EAM362hmr_miR-328 0 3.356 EAM329 hm_miR-302a 0 3.348 EAM368 hmr_miR-339 03.007 EAM351 m_miR-293 0 2.852 EAM153 hmr_let-7a 0 2.818 EAM360mr_miR-325 0 2.753 EAM145 hmr_let-7c 0 2.393 EAM348 mr_miR-291-5p 02.092 EAM298 hmr_miR-194 0 2.068 EAM250 h_miR-215 0 1.746 EAM229hm_miR-182 0.005 −4.074 EAM224 hmr_miR-17-5p 0.005 4.875 EAM341m_miR-106a 0.005 4.185 EAM242 hmr_miR-204 0.005 3.457 EAM295 hmr_miR-1900.005 3.186 EAM353 m_miR-295 0.005 2.916 EAM246 h_miR-211 0.005 2.663EAM248 hmr_miR-213 0.01 3.369 EAM186 h_miR-106a 0.01 4.650 EAM137hmr_miR-132 0.01 3.388 EAM258 hmr_miR-222 0.015 4.257 EAM230 hmr_miR-1830.02 −3.977 EAM364 mr_miR-330 0.02 3.982 EAM206 hmr_miR-139 0.02 3.761EAM327 hmr_miR-299 0.025 2.353 EAM232 hmr_miR-192 0.04 1.065 EAM257hmr_miR-221 0.04 4.321 EAM216 hm_miR-149 0.04 3.711

TABLE 16 Prediction results of mouse lung samples Field DescriptionSAMPLE Sample name MAL Malignancy status (Normal/Tumor) PRED-MALPredicted Malignancy status (Normal/Tumor). Prediction performed by kNN(k = 3) using a training set of 75 samples CORRECT? Is the predictioncorrect? Test set: 12 mouse lung samples SAMPLE MAL PRED-MAL CORRECT?N_MLUNG_1 Normal Normal Yes N_MLUNG_2 Normal Normal Yes N_MLUNG_3 NormalNormal Yes N_MLUNG_4 Normal Normal Yes N_MLUNG_5 Normal Normal YesT_MLUNG_1 Tumor Tumor Yes T_MLUNG_2 Tumor Tumor Yes T_MLUNG_3 TumorTumor Yes T_MLUNG_4 Tumor Tumor Yes T_MLUNG_5 Tumor Tumor Yes T_MLUNG_6Tumor Tumor Yes T_MLUNG_7 Tumor Tumor Yes

TABLE 20 Training and prediction results of poorly differentiated tumorsField Description Tissue Type Tissue type; COLON for colon, PAN forpancreas, KID for kidney, BLDR for bladder, PROST for prostate, OVARYfor ovary, UT for uterus, LUNG for human lung, MESO for mesothelioma,MELA for melanoma, BRST for breast TT Tissue type code; 1 for stomach, 2for colon, 3 for pancreas, 4 for liver, 5 for kidney, 6 for bladder, 7for prostate, 8 for ovary, 9 for uterus, 10 for human lung, 11 formesothelioma, 12 for melanoma, 13 for breast, 14 for brain, 19 for Bcell ALL, 20 for T cell ALL, 21 for follicular cleaved lymphoma, 22 forlarge B cell lymphoma, 23 for mycosis fungoidis, 24 for myoloid, 26 formouse lung # of features Number of features selected by theleave-one-out cross-validation procedure SIG The selected σ used in thePNN is SIG times the median nearest neighbor distance (see SupplementaryMethods) NS Number of samples of the specific tissue type in thetraining set NERR Number of leave-one-out errors for the selectedparameters (Number of features and SIG) (=FP + FN) FP Number of falsepositives (incorrectly predicted to belong to the specific tissue type)FN Number of false negatives (incorrectly predicted to not belong to thespecific tissue type) LL Long-likelihood of the selected parameters(Number of features and SIG) TRUE Code of true tisue-type of the testsample (see description of TT) PRED Predicted tissue-type (seedescription of TT for code explanation) PROB The PNN's posteriorprobability to belong to the class CORR Is this a correctclassification; 1 for correct and 0 for incorrect miRNA Data Trainingset: 68 samples, 11 tissue-types Tissue # of Type TT features SIG NSNERR FP FN LL COLON 2 16 1 7 2 1 1 −0.075482 PAN 3 30 1.5 8 2 0 2−0.175494 KID 5 28 1.5 4 1 0 1 −0.047266 BLDR 6 10 1 6 3 0 3 −0.901522PROST 7 10 2.5 6 1 0 1 −0.181041 OVARY 8 18 1 5 2 1 1 −0.074861 UT 9 301 10 3 1 2 −0.151537 LUNG 10 28 1 5 1 0 1 −0.086595 MESO 11 30 1 8 0 0 0−0.026769 MELA 12 18 1 3 0 0 0 −0.010752 BRST 13 22 1 6 2 1 1 −0.072847Test set: 17 samples, 4 tissue-types SAMPLE PDT_COLON_1 PDT_OVARY_1PDT_OVARY_2 PDT_OVARY_3 PDT_LUNG_1 PDT_LUNG_2 PDT_LUNG_3 PDT_LUNG_4PDT_LUNG_5 PDT_LUNG_6 TRUE 2 8 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 PRED 2 8 8 8 2 1013 7 10 10 PROB 0.95 0.838 0.823 0.929 0.312 0.207 0.161 0.128 0.2290.345 CORR 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 SAMPLE PDT_LUNG_7 PDT_LUNG_8 PDT_BRST_1PDT_BRST_2 PDT_BRST_3 PDT_BRST_4 PDT_BRST_5 TRUE 10 10 13 13 13 13 13PRED 13 10 13 13 13 9 13 PROB 0.377 0.299 0.905 0.479 0.552 0.476 0.773CORR 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 Test set: Posterior probability matrix Tissue SAMPLEType PDT_COLON_1 PDT_OVARY_1 PDT_OVARY_2 PDT_OVARY_3 PDT_LUNG_1PDT_LUNG_2 PDT_LUNG_3 PDT_LUNG_4 PDT_LUNG_5 PDT_LUNG_6 COLON 0.95* 0 0 00.242 0 0 0 0 0.247 PAN 0.069 0.012 0.011 0.004 0.034 0.003 0 0.0010.004 0.152 KID 0 0 0 0 0.02 0 0 0 0 0 BLDR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.01 0 0 0 PROST0 0.003 0.001 0 0 0.078 0 0.128 0.011 0 OVARY 0 0.838* 0.823* 0.929*0.03 0 0.001 0.121 0.025 0 UT 0 0.342 0.193 0.225 0.312 (1) 0 0.029 00.012 0.001 LUNG 0 0 0 0 0 0.207* 0.002 0.11 0.229* 0.345* MESO 0 0 0 00 0.002 0 0 0 0 MELA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BRST 0 0.001 0 0 0.001 0 0.1610.074 0 0.02 Tissue SAMPLE Type PDT_LUNG_7 PDT_LUNG_8 PDT_BRST_1PDT_BRST_2 PDT_BRST_3 PDT_BRST_4 PDT_BRST_5 COLON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PAN0.006 0 0.003 0.011 0 0.004 0.007 KID 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BLDR 0 0 0.002 0.0010.077 0.006 0 PROST 0.048 0.03 0.001 0.003 0.001 0 0.003 OVARY 0.0030.001 0 0 0.13 0.009 0 UT 0 0.002 0.003 0 0.004 0.476 0.005 LUNG 0.3770.299* 0.017 0.035 0 0 0.277 MESO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MELA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BRST0.659 0.149 0.905* 0.479* 0.552* 0 0.773* mRNA Data Training set: 68samples, 11 tissue-types Tissue # of Type TT features SIG NS NERR FP FNLL COLON 2 18 1.5 7 0 0 0 −0.033006 PAN 3 14 4 8 1 0 1 −0.15038 KID 5 264 4 3 0 3 −0.16908 BLDR 6 10 1 6 5 1 4 −1.852998 PROST 7 30 4 6 1 0 1−0.288903 OVARY 8 14 4 5 4 2 2 −0.2573 UT 9 20 3 10 2 0 2 −0.228232 LUNG10 30 2.5 5 2 1 1 −0.119642 MESO 11 24 1.5 8 1 0 1 −0.095081 MELA 12 144 3 1 0 1 −0.164286 BRST 13 22 1 6 3 1 2 −0.450012 Test set: 17 samples,4 tissue-types SAMPLE PDT_COLON_1 PDT_OVARY_1 PDT_OVARY_2 PDT_OVARY_3PDT_LUNG_1 PDT_LUNG_2 PDT_LUNG_3 PDT_LUNG_4 PDT_LUNG_5 PDT_LUNG_6 TRUE 28 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 PRED 7 5 9 8 8 6 6 3 8 8 PROB 0.013 1 0.376 0.760.229 0.128 0.022 0.102 0.305 0.014 CORR 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 SAMPLEPDT_LUNG_7 PDT_LUNG_8 PDT_BRST_1 PDT_BRST_2 PDT_BRST_3 PDT_BRST_4PDT_BRST_5 TRUE 10 10 13 13 13 13 13 PRED 8 6 9 8 8 6 3 PROB 0.091 0.1730.133 0.362 0.301 0.05 0.027 CORR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Test set: Posteriorprobability matrix Tissue SAMPLE Type PDT_COLON_1 PDT_OVARY_1PDT_OVARY_2 PDT_OVARY_3 PDT_LUNG_1 PDT_LUNG_2 PDT_LUNG_3 PDT_LUNG_4PDT_LUNG_5 PDT_LUNG_6 COLON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PAN 0.012 0.019 0.0050.002 0.027 0.024 0.004 0.102 0.016 0.009 KID 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BLDR0.001 0.166 0.001 0.003 0.191 0.128 0.022 0.041 0.059 0.001 PROST 0.0130.006 0.012 0.081 0.006 0.007 0.015 0.002 0.028 0.005 OVARY 0 0 0.2440.76* 0.229 0.072 0.006 0.062 0.305 0.014 UT 0 0 0.376 0.084 0.074 0.0070.013 0.038 0.05 0.002 LUNG 0.001 0 0.261 0 0 0 0.005 0 0 0.001 MESO 00.01 0.007 0.001 0.004 0 0.003 0.006 0.024 0.01 MELA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0BRST 0 0.142 0 0 0.018 0 0 0 0 0 Tissue SAMPLE Type PDT_LUNG_7PDT_LUNG_8 PDT_BRST_1 PDT_BRST_2 PDT_BRST_3 PDT_BRST_4 PDT_BRST_5 COLON0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PAN 0.011 0.03 0.016 0.026 0.019 0.021 0.027 KID 0 0 0 0 00 0 BLDR 0.057 0.173 0.014 0.044 0.237 0.05 0.003 PROST 0.005 0.0050.006 0.025 0.001 0.003 0.021 OVARY 0.091 0.055 0.01 0.362 0.301 0 0 UT0.009 0.012 0.133 0.01 0.036 0.011 0.001 LUNG 0.003 0 0 0.001 0.002 0 0MESO 0.002 0.001 0.044 0 0.002 0.007 0.01 MELA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BRST 0 0 00.001 0.253 0 0 italic predicted bold True type *predicted correctly

1. A solution-based method for determining the expression level of apopulation of target nucleic acids, comprising: a) providing in solutiona population of target-specific bead sets, wherein each target-specificbead set is individually detectable and comprises a capture probe whichcorresponds to an individual target nucleic acid referred to as anindividual bead set; b) hybridizing in solution the population oftarget-specific bead sets with a population of molecules that cancontain a population of detectable target molecules, wherein each targetnucleic acid has been transformed into a corresponding detectable targetmolecule which will specifically bind to its corresponding individualtarget-specific bead set; and c) screening in solution for detectabletarget molecules hybridized to target-specific beads to determine theexpression level of the population of target nucleic acids.
 2. Themethod of claim 1, wherein the population of target-specific bead setscomprises at least 5 individual bead sets that can bind with acorresponding set of target nucleic acids.
 3. The method of claim 1,wherein the population of target-specific beads comprises at least 100individual bead sets that can bind with a corresponding set of targetnucleic acids.
 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the population oftarget nucleic acids is a population of mRNAs.
 5. The method of claim 1,wherein the population of target nucleic acids is a population of mRNAsand wherein each mRNA has been transformed into a correspondingdetectable target molecule by a process comprising: a) reversetranscribing the mRNA target nucleic acid to generate a cDNA; b)contacting the cDNA with an upstream probe and a downstream probe,wherein the upstream probe comprises a universal upstream sequence andan upstream target-specific sequence, and the downstream probe comprisesa universal downstream sequence and a downstream target-specificsequence, such that when the upstream probe and the downstream probe areboth hybridized to the cDNA the two probes are capable of being ligated;c) ligating said cDNA contacted with said upstream and downstream probesto generate ligation complexes; and d) amplifying said ligationcomplexes with a pair of universal primers comprising a universalupstream primer and a universal downstream primer, wherein the universalupstream primer is complementary to the universal upstream sequence andthe universal downstream primer is complementary to the universaldownstream sequence, wherein at least one of the pair of universalprimers is detectably labeled, wherein the product of the amplificationis detectably labeled, thereby generating a detectable target moleculewhich corresponds to the target nucleic acid.
 6. The method of claim 1,wherein the population of target nucleic acids is a population of mRNAs,wherein each mRNA has been transformed into a corresponding detectabletarget molecule by a process comprising: a) reverse transcribing themRNA target nucleic acid to generate a cDNA; b) contacting the cDNA withan upstream probe and a downstream probe, wherein the upstream probecomprises a universal upstream sequence and an upstream target-specificsequence, and the downstream probe comprises a universal downstreamsequence and a downstream target-specific sequence, such that when theupstream probe and the downstream probe are both hybridized to the cDNAthe two probes are capable of being ligated; c) ligating said cDNAcontacted with said upstream and downstream probes to generate ligationcomplexes; and d) amplifying said ligation complexes with a pair ofuniversal primers comprising a universal upstream primer and a universaldownstream primer, wherein the universal upstream primer iscomplementary to the universal upstream sequence and the universaldownstream primer is complementary to the universal downstream sequence,wherein at least one of the pair of universal primers is detectablylabeled, wherein the product of the amplification is detectably labeled,thereby generating a detectable target molecule which corresponds to thetarget nucleic acid, wherein either the upstream probe further comprisesan amplicon tag between the universal sequence and the target-specificsequence or the downstream probe further comprises an amplicon tagbetween the universal sequence and the target-specific sequence, whereinthe amplicon tag comprises a nucleic acid sequence that is complementaryto the sequence of the capture probe of the bead set.
 7. A method ofidentifying an expression signature associated with the presence or riskof cancer, infection, cellular disorder, or response to treatmentcomprising: a) isolating cells from a group of individuals with saidcancer, infection, cellular disorder, or response to treatment, anddetermining the expression levels of a group of genes; b) isolatingcells from a group of individuals without said cancer, infection,cellular disorder, or response to treatment, and determining theexpression levels of said group of genes; and c) identifyingdifferentially expressed genes from said group of genes which aretogether indicative of the presence or risk of cancer, infection,cellular disorder, or response to treatment in an individual, therebyidentifying an expression signature associated with the presence or riskof cancer, infection, cellular disorder, or response to treatment,wherein the expression levels of the group of genes is determined usingthe method of claim 1 and the population of target nucleic acids aremRNAs.
 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the population of targetnucleic acids is a population of microRNAs.
 9. A method of identifyingan expression signature associated with the presence or risk of cancer,infection, cellular disorder, or response to treatment comprising: a)isolating cells from a group of individuals with said cancer, infection,cellular disorder, or response to treatment, and determining theexpression levels of a group of genes; b) isolating cells from a groupof individuals without said cancer, infection, cellular disorder, orresponse to treatment, and determining the expression levels of saidgroup of genes; and c) identifying differentially expressed genes fromsaid group of genes which are together indicative of the presence orrisk of cancer, infection, cellular disorder, or response to treatmentin an individual, thereby identifying an expression signature associatedwith the presence or risk of cancer, infection, cellular disorder, orresponse to treatment, wherein the expression levels of the group ofgenes is determined using the method of claim 1, wherein the populationof target nucleic acids is a population of microRNAs and, wherein theexpression signature comprises at least 5 genes.
 10. The method of claim1, wherein the population of target nucleic acids is a population ofmicroRNAs and wherein each microRNA has been transformed into acorresponding detectable target molecule by a process comprising: a)ligating at least one adaptor to the microRNA, generating anadaptor-microRNA molecule; b) detectably labeling said adaptor-microRNAmolecule, thereby generating a detectable target molecule whichcorresponds to the target nucleic acid.
 11. The method of claim 1,wherein the population of target nucleic acids is a population ofmicroRNAs and wherein each microRNA has been transformed into acorresponding detectable target molecule by a process comprising: a)ligating at least one adaptor to the microRNA, generating anadaptor-microRNA molecule; b) detectably labeling said adaptor-microRNAmolecule, thereby generating a detectable target molecule whichcorresponds to the target nucleic acid, wherein the adaptor-microRNA isdetectably labeled by reverse transcription using the adaptor-microRNAas a template for polymerase chain reaction, wherein a pair of primersis used in said polymerase chain reaction, and wherein at least one ofsaid primers is detectably labeled.
 12. A method of screening for thepresence of malignant cells in a test sample comprising: a) determiningthe level of expression of a group of microRNAs in the test sample, andb) comparing the level of expression of a group of microRNAs between thetest sample and a corresponding reference sample, wherein a lower levelof expression of the group of microRNAs in the test sample compared tothe reference sample is indicative of the test sample containingmalignant cells.
 13. The method of claim 12, wherein the referencesample is known to express a predetermined expression signatureindicative of the presence of malignancy, infection, or cellulardisorder, and the similarity of the expression signature of the testsample to the predetermined expression signature of the reference sampleindicates the presence of malignant cells, infected cells, or cellulardisorder, in the test sample.
 14. The method of claim 12, wherein thegroup of microRNAs comprises at least 5 microRNAs.
 15. The method ofclaim 12, wherein the test sample is isolated from an individual at riskof or suspected of having cancer.
 16. A method of classifying a tumorsample comprising: a) determining the expression pattern of a group ofmicroRNAs in a tumor sample of unknown tissue origin, generating a tumorsample profile; b) providing a model of tumor origin microRNA expressionpatterns based on a dataset of the expression of microRNAs of tumors ofknown origin; and c) comparing the tumor sample profile to the model todetermine which tumors of known origin the sample most closelyresembles, thereby classifying the tissue origin of the tumor sample.17. A method of classifying a tumor sample comprising: a) determiningthe expression pattern of a group of microRNAs in a tumor sample ofunknown tissue origin, generating a tumor sample profile; b) providing amodel of tumor origin microRNA expression patterns based on a dataset ofthe expression of microRNAs of tumors of known origin; and c) comparingthe tumor sample profile to the model to determine which tumors of knownorigin the sample most closely resembles, thereby classifying the tissueorigin of the tumor sample, wherein the expression pattern of the groupof microRNAs is determined using the methods of claim 1, wherein eachtarget nucleic acid is a microRNA which has been transformed into acorresponding detectable target molecule by a process comprising: d)ligating at least one adaptor to the microRNA, generating anadaptor-microRNA molecule; e) detectably labeling said adaptor-microRNAmolecule, thereby generating a detectable target molecule whichcorresponds to the target nucleic acid.
 18. A method for identifying anactive compound or molecule, comprising: contacting cells with aplurality of compounds or molecules, determining the expression of a setof marker genes present in the cells using the method of claim 1, andscoring the expression of the marker genes to identify a cellularphenotype, the presence of a specific cellular phenotype beingindicative of an active compound or molecule.
 19. A method foridentifying an active compound or molecule, comprising: contacting cellswith a plurality of compounds or molecules, determining the expressionof a set of marker genes present in the cells using the method of claim1, and scoring the expression of the marker genes to identify a cellularphenotype, the presence of a specific cellular phenotype beingindicative of an active compound or molecule, wherein the set of markergenes comprises genes which encode microRNAs.
 20. A method foridentifying an active compound or molecule, comprising: contacting cellswith a plurality of compounds or molecules, determining the expressionof a set of marker genes present in the cells using the method of claim1, and scoring the expression of the marker genes to identify a cellularphenotype, the presence of a specific cellular phenotype beingindicative of an active compound or molecule, wherein the set of markergenes comprises genes which encode messenger RNAs.
 21. A kit fordetermining in solution the expression level of a population of targetnucleic acids, wherein said kit comprises: a) a population of detectablebead sets, wherein each target-specific bead set is individuallydetectable and is capable of being coupled to a capture probe whichcorresponds to an individual target nucleic acid of interest; b)components for transforming a target nucleic acid of interest into acorresponding detectable target molecule which will specifically bind toits corresponding individual target-specific bead set c) capture probescapable of specifically hybridizing to at least 10 different microRNAsor at least 10 different mRNAs.
 22. The kit of claim 21, wherein thepopulation of target nucleic acids comprises mRNAs, wherein the kitfurther comprises a) components for reverse transcribing the mRNA togenerate cDNA; b) upstream and downstream probes, wherein the upstreamprobe comprises a universal upstream sequence and an upstreamtarget-specific sequence, and the downstream probe comprises a universaldownstream sequence and a downstream target-specific sequence, such thatwhen the upstream probe and the downstream probe are both hybridized tothe cDNA the two probes are capable of being ligated; c) components forligating DNA; d) a pair of universal primers; and e) components foramplifying DNA.
 23. The kit of claim 21, wherein the population oftarget nucleic acids comprises microRNAs, wherein the kit furthercomprises a) adaptors; b) components for ligating the microRNAs to theadaptors; c) components for reverse transcribing the microRNA togenerate cDNA; d) a pair of universal primers; and e) components foramplifying DNA.
 24. The kit of claim 21, further comprising a polymeraseand nucleotide bases.
 25. The kit of claim 21, further comprising aplurality of detectable labels.